Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201924784 - Employee Is Killed in Fall from Aerial Lift

Accident Summary Nr: 201924784 -- Report ID: 0626700 -- Event Date: 03/30/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311962401	03/31/2009	1731	238210	Gulf Coast Electric Co., Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 12:00 p.m. on March 30, 2009, Employee #1, an electrician, and a coworker were running a wire mold on the ceiling (surface raceway) of a sanctuary for a church. As Employee #1 was working from a Geni lift, Model Number AWP-40S, using a portable drill to install the wire mold made of surface conduit, he fell and was killed.

Keywords: ELECTRICIAN, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, CONCUSSION, WORK PLATFORM, WORK SURFACE, AERIAL LIFT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000	40	40	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	311962401			Fatality	Concussion	Electricians' apprentices	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 40 feet Cause: Interior plumbing, ducting, electrical work Fatality Cause: Fall from/with bucket (aerial lift/basket)

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