Accident Report Detail
Accident: 201095155 - Employee Falls From Scaffold
Accident: 201095155 -- Report ID: 0950645 -- Event Date: 11/13/2001 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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300812161 | 11/28/2001 | 1731 | Smith Electric Service | ||||
On November 13, 2001, employees working for Smith Electric Service at a Medical Center were marking out hangers in a ceiling for the installation of a medical pipe support rack. The ceiling was above a plenum above the hospital basement corridor that was not protected by a guardrail. The employee was working near the edge, leaning against ceiling support wire anchored in the ceiling; the wire gave way, the employee falling 8 ft 1 in. to the floor sustaining a head injury. | |||||||
Keywords:
head, guardrail, ceiling, pipe, scaffold
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Commercial building | Alteration or rehabilitation | $500,000 to $1,000,000 | 3 | ||||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 300812161 | Hospitalized injury | Concussion | Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters | FallDist: FallHt:8 Cause: Installing plumbing, lighting fixtures FatCause: Fall, other |