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Accident: 201187077 - Employee Is Injured In Fall From Ladder

Accident: 201187077 -- Report ID: 0950611 -- Event Date: 08/12/2013
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
31717628709/30/20131731W. Bradley Electric, Inc.
At approximately 8:00 p.m. on August 12, 2013, an employee, an electrician, was working alone to replace a lamp in the overhead ceiling light fixture. He was working from a 10-foot fiberglass stepladder. The stepladder began to tip and the employee jumped off and landed on his right foot. He was taken to Kaiser Hospital in San Francisco. He was treated for a fractured ankle and had surgery the next day. He was hospitalized for two days due to reaction to the pain medication that was prescribed to him.
Keywords: fracture, electrician, ladder, fall, work surface, ankle
End Use Proj Type Proj Cost Stories NonBldgHt Fatality
Commercial building Maintenance or repair $50,000 to $250,000 3 24
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation Construction
1 317176287 Hospitalized injury Fracture Electricians FallDist:
FallHt:10
Cause: Temporary work (buildings, facilities)
FatCause: Fall from/with ladder

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