Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 109200.015 - Employee fractures leg when struck by falling drywall sheets

Accident Summary Nr: 109200.015 -- Report ID: 0950647 -- Event Date: 09/04/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1346771.015	09/17/2018		238210	Rex Moore Electrical Contractors & Engineers, Inc.

Abstract: At 1:44 p.m. on September 4, 2018, an employee was attempting to work on a light switch electrical box that was blocked by twenty sheets of four foot by twelve foot drywall. The employee started to move the sheets of drywall to access the light switch electrical box when the sheets fell onto the employee and fractured his leg.

Keywords: Drywall, Electric Switch, Electrical, Electrical Box, Fall, Falling Object, Fracture, Installing, Leg, Lighting, Struck By

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			4	45

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1346771.015	24	M	Hospitalized injury		Electrical and electronic technicians	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior plumbing, ducting, electrical work Fatality Cause:

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