Inspection Detail

Inspection: 313380974 - Neubauer Electric Inc

Inspection Information - Office: Long Beach District Office

Investigation Summary

At approximately 10:00 a.m. on April 9, 2010 Employee #1, an apprentice electrician, was in the process of installing an electrical conduit. Employee #1 was standing on the finished concrete floor and bending a 1.25-inch EMT conduit with a hand bender. As he braced the hand bender in order to apply leverage with his leg and applied pressure in order to make a bend, the hand bender slipped on the finished concrete floor resulting in him falling to the ground. Employee #1 was transported to Whittier Presbyterian Hospital and admitted the same day. Employee #1 sustained fractured tibia and fibula. Employee #1 received surgery in the hospital. He was then discharged on April 13, 2010. The causal factor of the accident was the hand bender slipped on the finished concrete floor.

Keywords: FRACTURE, INSTALLING, TIBIA, CONDUIT, ELECTRICIAN, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, CONCRETE, LEG