Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170161145 - Employee injured when struck by falling object

Accident Summary Nr: 170161145 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 02/08/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
112012455	02/22/1991	1541	0	Superior Gunite

Abstract: At approximately 9:10 a.m. on February 8, 1991, Employee #1, a carpenter's apprentice, was performing his normal duties on a scaffold cleanup operation when he was struck by a piece of gunite that had fallen about 112 ft. He was taken to the emergency room of the hospital adjacent to the job site, where initial X rays did not reveal any fractures and he was released. He returned to work after a week off, and his supervisor observed him having difficulty bending. Employee #1 returned to the hospital, where a new set of X rays revealed a chipped vertebra.

Keywords: FRACTURE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, BACK, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, VERTEBRA

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	112012455			Non Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenter apprentices

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