Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170209001 - Employee injured in fall down elevator shaft

Accident Summary Nr: 170209001 -- Report ID: 0950614 -- Event Date: 11/17/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111825758	11/27/1990	1522	0	Madsen Construction

Abstract: At 1:15 p.m. on November 27, 1990, Employee #1, a framer, was setting truss blocks at the third-story level, immediately adjacent to an open and unguarded elevator shaft. As he reached up to put the truss blocks in place, he stepped backward into the open 6 ft by 8 1/2 ft elevator shaft and fell 23 ft 4 in. to the bottom of the pit. He suffered head injuries and a concussion, fractured L1 and L2 vertebrae, a fractured left pelvic bone, eight broken ribs, a broken left shoulder, and a collapsed left lung. He was hospitalized until December 3, 1990.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, LUNG, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, RIB, FALL, HIP, UNGUARDED, ELEVATOR SHAFT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111825758			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters

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