Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201101334 - Employee fractured a vertebra from fall off step ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 201101334 -- Report ID: 0950623 -- Event Date: 08/11/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125670224	01/07/2000	3429	0	Arthrotek Inc

Abstract: An employee was injured while working as a production supervisor for a medical equipment production company in Redding, California. He was standing on a step ladder, preparing to mover electrical conductors. A wire nut on the end of one of the conductors slipped off as the employee moved the conductor. When the employee felt an electrical shock, he pulled back quickly. This movement caused his to lose his footing and fall from the ladder. The employee fractured a vertebra when he fell to the concrete floor.

Keywords: FRACTURE, STEPLADDER, LADDER, BACK, ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR, ELECTRIC SHOCK, FALL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125670224			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Supervisors, production occupations

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