Inspection Detail

Inspection: 18457390 - Tri-City Mechanical Contractors, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Nc Department Of Labor - Raleigh

Investigation Summary

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