Inspection Detail

Inspection: 1409181.015 - J. Ross And Associates, Llc.

Inspection Information - Office: Appleton Area Office

Investigation Summary

At 10:00 a.m. on June 12, 2019, an employee was reconnecting PVC piping for a preinstalled HVAC unit positioned above a drop ceiling in an office. The employee was standing on a 3 foot step stool and then climbed on racking to reach the unit. When the employee leaned forward to access the pipe he lost his balance and fell over the wall through the drop ceiling and into the next room onto the floor. The employee incurred a broken clavicle and fractured vertebrae and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Back, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Ceiling, Chest, Climbing, Connecting, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, HVAC, Installing, Ladder, Leaning over, Lost Balance, Pipe, Shoulder, Stepladder, Storage Rack, Suspended Ceiling, Unstable Position, Unstable Surface, Vertebra