Electrician Falls from Ladder in Wyoming

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• Corporate Authors:
  Wyoming Fatal Accident Circumstances and Epidemiology Project (Wyoming FACE) ; Wyoming Occupational Fatality Analysis Program
• Description:
  A 58 year old male electrician died in a hospital from injuries he had received 10 days earlier when he fell from a ladder while changing a light bulb in an apartment building where he was in charge of maintenance. The victim was transported by ambulance to the hospital emergency room with hemorrhagic contusion, multiple rib fractures, appearance of a lung contusion, and deformity of his face and skull that were the result of prior bone grafting. During initial evaluation, it was determined that the patient also had a high blood-alcohol level, obstructive lung disease and various types of infection. Over time, the patient's condition deteriorated and, partially because of physical condition unrelated to his injuries, he would not be able to survive without vigorous efforts, and would probably not be able to move his extremities or empty his stomach normally even with intensive care. It was decided in consultation with family members, that no further vigorous efforts including ventilatory support or CPR would be performed and the patient expired. Employers may be able to minimize the potential for occurrence of this type of incident through the following precautions: 1. Provide safety information and/or training for apartment managers and maintenance personnel. 2. Employ standards for managerial/maintenance personnel to address use of alcohol and drugs in the workplace. 3. Provide for periodic examination and testing of equipment used for upkeep and maintenance of buildings.
• Content Notes:
  Publication Date provided by FACE program
  
  not printed on the report.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Alcoholic Beverages Electricity Maintenance Occupational Health Safety Safety Management Staff Development Substance-Related Disorders Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Alcoholic-beverages Drug-abuse Drugs Electrical-industry Electrical-workers Injuries Injury-prevention Ladders Maintenance-workers OSHA Region 8 Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-monitoring Substance-abuse Supervisory-personnel Training Traumatic-injuries Work-analysis Work-areas Work-operations Work-performance Work-practices

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Construction ; Falls ; Falls - Construction - Ladders
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE93WY002
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Wyoming ; OSHA Region 8
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  3 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20028756
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2014-103488
• Citation:
  Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, FACE 93WY002, 1993 Nov ; :1-3
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1994
• Performing Organization:
  Wyoming Department of Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  53 - Real Estate and Rental and Leasing - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1991/09/30
• End Date:
  1996/09/29
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:0d7944871fa99b91221ed9eaf8af0fc09abfd5c862709b444e42aef0546fa6bc51d4466e84d201879d3cc81dda2b06bb2f999e6e5cade95420b328b8691ca307
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/166417/cdc_166417_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 66.47 KB ]