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Accident Summary Nr: 170197586 - EMPLOYEE BREAKS WRIST AND VERTEBRAE IN FALL THROUGH SKYLIGHT

Accident Summary Nr: 170197586 -- Report ID: 0950622 -- Event Date: 07/03/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111733556	10/09/1990	8211	0	Richmond Unified Sch. Dist., Portola Jr. High

Abstract: AT APPROXIMATELY 11:30 A.M. ON JULY 3, 1990, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS SITTING ON A SKYLIGHT LOCATED ON THE ROOF OF A SCHOOL'S SECOND FLOOR, WASHING THE SCHOOL LIBRARY WINDOWS. THE SKYLIGHT CONTAINED EIGHT 2-FOOT BY 9-FOOT GLASS PANELS THAT HAD BEEN PAINTED A GRAYISH COLOR SEVERAL YEARS PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. THE PAINTED PANELS MISLED EMPLOYEE #1 INTO THINKING HE WAS SITTING ON A METAL OBJECT. WHILE EMPLOYEE #1 WAS SITTING ON THE SKYLIGHT, THE TWO END PANELS BROKE AND EMPLOYEE #1 FELL APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET THROUGH THE SKYLIGHT AND A FALSE CEILING BEFORE LANDING ON THE FLOOR OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE. EMPLOYEE #1 SUSTAINED A FRACTURED HUMERUS AND WRIST AND BROKEN VERTEBRAE.

Keywords: SKYLIGHT, WINDOW WASHER, FRACTURE, FALL, ARM, VERTEBRA, WRIST

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111733556			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Janitors and cleaners

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