Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170903843 - Employee's eyes injured by falling pieces of broken glass

Accident Summary Nr: 170903843 -- Report ID: 0950644 -- Event Date: 03/12/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119851269	03/22/1996	7699	0	Jet Pro Lab

Abstract: At approximately 9:50 a.m. on March 12, 1996, Employee #1, of the NASA Jet Propulsion Lab, Pasadena, CA, was walking on a side road approximately 15 to 20 ft east of Building #264. A contractor was installing new window panels into the nine-story building. An approximately 90 lb, 92 in. by 47 in. window panel on the eighth floor shattered for no apparent reason. Employee #1 was struck by falling pieces of broken glass and sustained cuts to both eyes. The area directly below the scaffold had been barricaded and none of the contractor's employees were injured.

Keywords: EYE, BROKEN GLASS, LACERATION, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119851269			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c.

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