Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200968493 - Employee injured in fall

Accident Summary Nr: 200968493 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 01/30/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304164486	01/30/2001	5142	0	J.J. Mcdonnell & Company, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 7:30 a.m. on January 30, 2001, Employee #1 was storing materials on top of a walk-in refrigerator. As he walked across the top of the refrigerator, it collapsed beneath him causing him to fall 12 ft. Employee #1 sustained multiple broken and crushed bone injuries. Investigation of the matter found that the walk-in refrigerator had a suspended roof structure that was not designed for material storage, and it had no support structure underneath it. The roof of the refrigerator had material stored on top of it at the time of the accident. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: COLLAPSE, OVERLOADED, FALL, WORK SURFACE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	304164486			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Motor transportation occuputions n.e.c.

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