OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221403009

HP3 LLC DBA JW MARRIOTT GRAND RAPIDS

GRAND RAPIDS, MI· 2021-09-15T00:00:00

Event: Abdomen, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Chest, Concrete Floor, Contact, Contusion, Electrical Wire, Energized, Engineering Technician, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fracture, Hotel, Inexperience, Installing, Insufficient Supervision, Ladder, Lighting, Lighting Fixture, Lung, Maintenance, Parking, Parking Lot, Rib, Stepladder, Technician
NAICS: 721110
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345587380
Employer profile: HP3 LLC DBA JW MARRIOTT GRAND RAPIDS
Summary number: 221403009
Report ID: 0552652

Event description

Employee sustains multiple injuries in fall from stepladder

Investigation abstract

At 6:58 p.m. on September 15, 2021, an employee working as a maintenance technician for a hotel resort was reinstalling a ceiling light fixture in the parking garage. The employee was working from a 6-foot stepladder. The end of a live wire contacted metal on the fixture resulting in a spark which startled the employee. As a result, the employee fell to the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized treat rib fractures and lung and abdomen contusions.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 60 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
215

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