Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170183479 - Employee injured in 8 ft fall from stack of boards

Accident Summary Nr: 170183479 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 05/11/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111872560	05/22/1992	1522	0	Deco Construction

Abstract: Employee #1, a material handling operator for Desco Construction Corp., was stacking some 50 sheet stacks of 4 ft by 8 ft fiberboard sheet insulation material. Some sheets in a pile needed to be squared up, (evenly stacked in the pile) before another pile was placed on top. Employee #1 was placing 2 by 4s on top of the stack and straightening it while standing on top of it. He stepped onto a corner piece of the material; it broke, and he fell 8 ft to the ground, sustaining two broken wrists and head abrasions.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, ABRASION, MANUAL MAT HANDLING, UNSTABLE SURFACE, FALL, WRIST

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111872560			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters

Thank You for Visiting Our Website

You are exiting the Department of Labor's Web server.

The Department of Labor does not endorse, takes no responsibility for, and exercises no control over the linked organization or its views, or contents, nor does it vouch for the accuracy or accessibility of the information contained on the destination server. The Department of Labor also cannot authorize the use of copyrighted materials contained in linked Web sites. Users must request such authorization from the sponsor of the linked Web site. Thank you for visiting our site. Please click the button below to continue.