Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170395594 - INFECTED BRUISE CAUSED BY PIGEON DROPPINGS

Accident Summary Nr: 170395594 -- Report ID: 0215800 -- Event Date: 03/23/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
106992001	04/13/1993	4911	0	N P S Energy Service, Inc.

Abstract: AN EMPLOYEE OF AN ELECTRIC UTILITY WAS ERECTING A SCAFFOLD. HE BRUISED HIS LEG IN AN AREA CONTAINING PIGEON DROPPINGS. THE FOLLOWING DAY, THE INJURED AREA WAS SWOLLEN WITH A REDDISH RING AROUND IT. BECAUSE OF THE PAIN AND SWELLING, THE EMPLOYEE WENT TO A HOSPITAL, WHERE HE WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING A SEVERE BRUISE AND THEN RELEASED. TWO DAYS AFTER THAT, HE RETURNED TO THE HOSPITAL. THE EMPLOYEE DIED OF HIS INJURY 20 DAYS AFTER THE ACCIDENT. THE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS LISTED AS NECRATIZING FACITIS, A PROGRESSIVE GANGRENOUS INFECTION OF THE SKIN AND SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE.

Keywords: INFECTION, CONTUSION, LEG, SCAFFOLD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	106992001			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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