Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201074382 - Employee Is Injured in Fall Into Stairwell Opening

Accident Summary Nr: 201074382 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 05/18/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312678816	06/30/2009	8713	541360	Coastal Land Solution Inc

Abstract: At approximately 10:30 a.m. on May 18, 2009, Employee #1 was performing surveying work for the foundation of a single family wood frame residential home. He was walking backward with his surveying rod, when he fell approximately 8.5 feet down an unguarded stairwell opening (approximately 15 feet long and 5 feet wide) and hit a wooden deck. He fractured a vertebra in his back and suffered injuries to his knee, wrist, elbow, and shin. He was transported to Scripps Hospital in Encinitas, CA and then transferred to Scripps Hospital La Jolla, CA, where he was hospitalized for three days.

Keywords: SURVEYOR, FRACTURE, STAIR, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, FLOOR OPENING, VERTEBRA, UNGUARDED, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	312678816			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Surveyors and mapping scientists

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