Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 99617.015 - Employee falls while installing fire-suppression anchors

Accident Summary Nr: 99617.015 -- Report ID: 0419700 -- Event Date: 10/02/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1268814.015	10/06/2017		423850	International Fire Protection, Inc.

Abstract: At 12:30 p.m. on October 2, 2017, an employee was working for a firm that sold fire-suppression equipment. He was installing a hanger for a fire-suppression sprinkler. He was working from an elevated platform or scaffold. He stepped off the platform and fell 1.8 meters (6 feet). He sustained soft tissue damage, a laceration, and a blood clot in his left arm. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: Arm, Blood Clot, Construction, Elevated Work Platform, Fall, Fire Ext System, Laceration, Scaffold

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Maintenance or repair			3

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1268814.015	64	M	Hospitalized injury		Installers And Repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause:

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