Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 126317.015 - Employee fractures hip in fall from stacked paper to floor

Accident Summary Nr: 126317.015 -- Report ID: 0521100 -- Event Date: 05/13/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1475896.015	05/21/2020		322211	Edci

Abstract: At 2:30 p.m. on May 13, 2020, an employee working as a telecommunications installer for a fiberboard box manufacturer was pulling cable for a paging system. The employee was walking on top of large stacks of rolled paper. He stepped off the edge of the paper roll he was standing on and fell approximately 11 feet to the floor below. The employee fractured his right hip in three places and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Cable, Commercial Building, Construction, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Hip, Installing, Telecom Work, Unstable Position, Work Surface

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation				11

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1475896.015	59	M	Hospitalized injury		Telecomm: Equipment Install/Repair, Not Line Installer	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause:

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