Accident Report Detail

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 170198667 - Employee Injured In Fall From Stairway

**Accident: 170198667 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 11/19/1990**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
111928875	01/04/1991	1791	E. L. Wills Construction, Inc.

Employee #1, an ironworker, had been working on the top floor most of the day and using the west stairway. At one point he decided to use the east stairway, unaware that this stairway was not barricaded and had no guardrail at the bottom. He walked off the end and fell approximately 12 ft onto dirt.

Keywords: stair, guardrail, barrier guard, iron worker, work rules, construction, fall

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	111928875			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Structural metal workers

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