Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201032562 - Employee fractures back in fall into manhole

Accident Summary Nr: 201032562 -- Report ID: 0950635 -- Event Date: 09/07/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126066828	10/06/1999	1731	0	Helix Electric Inc

Abstract: At approximately 10:00 a.m. on September 7, 1999, Employee #1 was moving pipes on a fork truck when he fell down an approximately 9 ft deep manhole (electrical vault), fracturing several vertebrae. He was transported to St. Mary's Medical Center in Long Beach, CA, where he was hospitalized for approximately four weeks and then treated as an outpatient. Employee #1, an electrical contractor, worked for Helix Electric, an electrical installation contractor in San Diego, CA.

Keywords: FRACTURE, COVER, BARRIER GUARD, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, BACK, FALL, MANHOLE, VERTEBRA

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		Under $50,000	2	6

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126066828			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Electricians

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