Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170089973 - Employee injured in fall from 16 foot high work platform

Accident Summary Nr: 170089973 -- Report ID: 1054111 -- Event Date: 12/13/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
124771577	12/13/1993	2499	0	Stimson Lumber Company

Abstract: At approximately 3:20 a.m. on December 8, 1993, Employee #1 was working at the Dimension Mill drop-sort table of the Stimson Lumber Company in Gaston, Oregon. A cant that measured approximately 6 feet long and 24 inches wide was determined to be too large for the system and needed to be removed. After the line was locked out, Employee #1 used a pickarue to pull the cant to the unguarded edge of the drop-sort table where he fell 16 feet to the asphalt. He sustained fractures to his left heel, tibia, and right elbow, and suffered a head injury.

Keywords: PLATFORM, FRACTURE, HEAD, TIBIA, WORK RULES, FALL, ELBOW, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, UNGUARDED, FOOT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	124771577			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Miscellaneous woodworking machine operators

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