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Accident Summary Nr: 14295943 - EMPLOYEE FELL, STRIKING HEAD ON FLOOR JOIST

Accident Summary Nr: 14295943 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 10/23/1986
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
1885565010/28/198617510Stockman Constructio Comapny

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 WAS LAYING 4 FOOT BY 8 FOOT SHEETS OF PLYWOOD ON WOODEN FLOOR JOISTS. HE AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE HAD FINISHED CUTTING AND NAILING DOWN THREE ROWS OF PLYWOOD ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF A CONDOMINUM. EMPLOYEE #1 THEN HAD TO MOVE A STACK OF PLYWOOD OUT OF THE WAY SO HE COULD LAY THE FOURTH ROW. AS HE STARTED TO MOVE THE PLYWOOD STACK, HE SLIPPED AND FELL. HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON ONE OF THE JOISTS AS HE FELL 7 FEET, 9 INCHES TO THE PLYWOOD FLOOR. THE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED A LACERATION TO HIS HEAD AS WELL AS MINOR BACK AND NECK INJURIES. THE FLOOR JOIST WAS SLIPPERY AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, AS IT WAS COVERED WITH FROST. THE JOISTS WERE 22 INCHES APART.

Keywords: HEAD, JOIST, SLIP, CONSTRUCTION, LACERATION, FALL, NECK, SLIPPERY SURFACE, FROZEN, LOST BALANCE

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation
1 18855650 Hospitalized injury Cut/Laceration Carpenters

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