Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 133872.015 - Employee fractures tibia in fall down staircase
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
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1499611.015 | 10/27/2020 | 561320 | The Hedy Company Inc. |
Abstract: At 8:40 a.m. on September 29, 2020, an employee and a coworker were on the second floor of a building, moving a four-drawer lateral metal file cabinet with planter top (60 inches high by 30 inches wide by 20 inches deep) down a flight of stairs (19 steps). The coworker was at the top of the stairs (landing) holding the hand truck with the cabinet tipped towards the employee. They were unable to locate a strap to tie the cabinet down to the hand truck. The coworker had one hand on the handle and one hand on top of the cabinet to stabilize it. The employee was on the opposite (bottom) end of the cabinet. When the coworker started coming down the steps, he could no longer reach the hand truck and lost his grip of the handle. The hand truck and cabinet pushed the employee off balance, and all rolled down approximately 18 steps. The employee landed on the bottom of the staircase face down, and the hand truck and file cabinet rolled over the employee. The employee suffered left tibia fractures and was hospitalized.
Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury |
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1 | 1499611.015 | 47 | M | Hospitalized injury |