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Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 99538.015 - Employee Falls Through Light Opening And Fractures Lower Bac

**Accident: 99538.015 -- Report ID: 0522300 -- Event Date: 09/26/2017**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1268149.015	10/04/2017		A.R.E Accessories, Llc

At 10:00 p.m. on September 26, 2017, an employee was installing wiring to the li ghts and stepped onto a loose hole cover. The employee fell through a light fix ture opening and fractured his lower back when he struck the concrete floor. Th e employee was hospitalized.

Keywords: back-up alarm, concrete slab, electrical, fall, floor opening, fracture, lighting

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	1	11

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	1268149.015	35	M	Hospitalized injury		Electronic repairers, communica. & indus. equip.	FallDist: 11 FallHt:11 Cause: Installing plumbing, lighting fixtures FatCause:

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