Inspection Detail

Inspection: 1359504.015 - Rci Electric Inc

Inspection Information - Office: Modesto District Office

Investigation Summary

At 7:40 a.m. on October 31, 2018, an employee accessed an attic space with a ladder to climb onto ceiling joists to install a new canister light in the master bathroom of a new construction home. After completing the installation, the employee attempted to return to the ladder, but fell between the twenty-four inch opening between two joists, through a ceiling sheet rock panel and approximately nine feet to the floor. The employee was hospitalized to treat a hemorrhagic contusion to the head, multiple rib and back fractures and a pneumothorax.

Keywords: Back, Ceiling Panel, Collapsed lung, Contusion, Electrical Work, Electrician, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Head, Hemorrhage, Installing, Joist, Ladder, Lung, Rib, Sheetrock