Accident Report Detail
Accident: 202451696 - Employee Fractures Forearm In Fall From Ladder
Accident: 202451696 -- Report ID: 0950642 -- Event Date: 07/26/2005 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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126149087 | 08/02/2005 | 1731 | Triple C Electric | ||||
At 8:45 a.m. on July 26, 2005, Employee #1, an electrician's helper who had worked for Triple C Electric, Inc. two weeks, was tracing and removing an electrical conduit from above the ceiling space, while standing on the step below the topcap of a Werner stepladder. The ceiling panel was located 9 feet from the floor and the topcap of stepladder was 68.5 inches from the floor. Employee #1 was reaching overhead and pulling the conduit out of the ceiling, when the stepladder tipped over to the side, and Employee #1 fell to the concrete floor, resulting in a compound fracture to his left forearm. He was transported to Glendale Adventist Hospital, where he was hospitalized for 4 days. | |||||||
Keywords:
fracture, conduit, stepladder, electrician, forearm, fall
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Commercial building | Maintenance or repair | Under $50,000 | 9 | ||||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 126149087 | Hospitalized injury | Fracture | Electricians' apprentices | FallDist: FallHt:5 Cause: Interior plumbing, ducting, electrical work FatCause: Fall from/with ladder |