Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170156160 - Employee fractures ankle in fall down steps

Accident Summary Nr: 170156160 -- Report ID: 0950642 -- Event Date: 05/11/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
112159835	05/20/1992	2023	0	Eskimo Pie Corporation

Abstract: Employee #1, a sales manager for Eskimo Pie Corp., was working alone in his office on a Sunday. At the end of the day, he decided to take out his trash. He exited the building carrying his trash can and tripped and fell 4 feet down seven concrete steps. As he fell, he twisted his right ankle. Employee #1 crawled back inside his office and blacked out on a couch. He regained consciousness late that night, and decided to wait until the morning shift arrived to get assistance rather than call the paramedics. When coworkers arrived the next morning, they took Employee #1 to an industrial clinic, where a doctor X-rayed his right ankle and found it to be badly fractured. Employee #1 underwent surgery to have his ankle pinned that night and was hospitalized for four days.

Keywords: FRACTURE, STAIR, UNCONSCIOUSNESS, DESCENDING, TRIPPED, FALL, ANKLE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	112159835			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Managers, marketing, advertising, & public rela.

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