ALJ Decision in Jersey City Medical Center, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission
On Sunday, June 26, 2016, a general maintenance mechanic for Jersey City Medical Center (JCMC or Respondent) stood on an A-frame ladder in the hallway of the labor and delivery wing of Respondent’s hospital to work on a ceiling fluorescent light fixture. While working on the light fixture, the mechanic received an electric shock and fell off the ladder to the ground, hitting his head. The mechanic was placed in the intensive care unit of the hospital and later died. The autopsy report indicated that the manner of the mechanic’s death was an accident caused by blunt impact injuries of the head, with a contributory cause of electrocution.
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