Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201038478 - Employee Breaks Knee in Fall from Elevation

Accident Summary Nr: 201038478 -- Report ID: 0950635 -- Event Date: 09/07/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309904266	11/07/2006	8221	611310	California State University Long Beach

Abstract: On September 7, 2006, Employee #1, a 56 year old regular faculty professor of film and electronic arts, climbed on a chair then onto a window ledge to reach a cord to pull down a blind to darken the room prior to showing the class a video. When this was done Employee #1 turned to descend and instead slipped off the ledge, landing on his right knee. Employee #1 suffered a compound fracture of the right knee as a result of the fall and was hospitalized.

Keywords: KNEE, FRACTURE, CHAIR, SLIP, FALL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	309904266			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Postsecondary teachers, subject not specified

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