Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 761429 - Employee injured when impaled by lightning rod on roof

Accident Summary Nr: 761429 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 11/29/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18457390	02/13/1989	1711	0	Tri-City Mechanical Contractors, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was working with a crew of three other employees preparing to set and install a dust collection system on the roof of a building. While unhooking a 21 ft long section of 10 in. pipe from the crane, he took three steps backward, stumbled at the wall, and fell onto a lightning rod on the same level. Impaled on the lightning rod, Employee #1 suffered a punctured rectum and lower intestines. He then rolled off the rod and fell 37 in. to a different section of the roof. No additional injuries were sustained in the second fall.

Keywords: INSTALLING, LIGHTNING ARRESTER, ROOF, IMPALED, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, WALKING BACKWARD, LOST BALANCE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	18457390			Fatality	Puncture	Occupation not reported

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