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Accident: 170606982 - Employee Fractures Skull In Fall From Walkway

**Accident: 170606982 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 04/15/1994**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
120050521	05/05/1994	1522	Bednar Building Company

Employee #1 was doing framing work at a multifamily dwelling construction site. On his lunch break, he was walking across a 2nd story walkway that was fully protected by guardrails. He tripped and fell, and somehow dropped under the lower guardrail (21 in. above the floor). He fell 9 ft 4 in. to the pile and concrete floor. He sustained a skull fracture and concussion.

Keywords: fracture, guardrail, construction, skull, fall, concussion, concrete

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	120050521			Hospitalized injury	Concussion	Construction laborers

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