Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201093697 - Employee injures head in fall from stack of boxes

Accident Summary Nr: 201093697 -- Report ID: 0950645 -- Event Date: 01/29/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126137124	02/07/2000	3545	0	Central Purchasing, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was instructed to use a blue tarp to cover some cardboard boxes that were outside in the south parking. He was standing atop the approximately 8 ft tall stack of boxes when he fell to the blacktop, striking his head as he landed. Employee sustained a possible skull fracture and was transported to Los Robles Hospital, where he was treated for eight days. was seriously injured and hospitalized for 8 days at Los Robles Hospital.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, MAINTENANCE, SKULL, FALL, WORK SURFACE, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126137124			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Laborers, except construction

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