Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170201461 - EMPLOYEE INJURED AS UNSAFE STAIRS COLLAPSE

Accident Summary Nr: 170201461 -- Report ID: 0950624 -- Event Date: 12/20/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111912309	01/14/1991	1522	0	Wenco Distributors

Abstract: ON DECEMBER 20, 1990, EMPLOYEE #1 DELIVERED A 90-POUND DOOR TO A CONDO PROJECT. EMPLOYEE #1 ATTEMPTED TO WALK UP TO THE UNIT ON THE TEMPORARY STAIRS, WHICH HAD NO RAILS. THE METAL STAIRS COLLAPSED, CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO FALL 8 FEET AND INJURE HIS ANKLE. THE EMPLOYER WAS CITED FOR THE EMPLOYEE'S USE OF THE UNSAFE STAIRS, AS WAS THE CONTRACTOR.

Keywords: DELIVERY WORK, STAIR, COLLAPSE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, HANDRAIL, DOOR, ANKLE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111912309			Non Hospitalized injury	Strain/Sprain	Truck drivers, light

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