Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202587812 - Electrician Foreman Fractures Ribs in Fall from Stepladder

Accident Summary Nr: 202587812 -- Report ID: 0950614 -- Event Date: 10/02/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
315319541	10/04/2012	1731	238210	Columbia Electric, Inc

Abstract: At approximately 9:15 a.m. on October 2, 2012, Employee #1, an electrician/foreman employed for the past 15 years by Columbia Electric, Inc., was working at a road construction site in Oakland, CA. The employee fell from a stepladder. The employee's coworkers called for emergency response services. Employee #1 was transported to the Highland Hospital, where he was hospitalized and treated for multiple rib fractures. He was hospitalized for more than 24 hours. The vice president of the employer, an electrical contracting company working in the San Francisco Bay area, reported this accident to Cal/OSHA's Oakland District Office at 3:12 p.m. on October 2, 2012.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HIGHWAY, REPAIR, STEPLADDER, CONSTRUCTION, RIB, ELEC UTILITY WORK, FALL, FALL PROTECTION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000		12

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	315319541			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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