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Accident Summary Nr: 201205069 - Worker Suffers Fractures in Fall from Guard Rail

Accident Summary Nr: 201205069 -- Report ID: 1054114 -- Event Date: 07/31/2013
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
316947969	08/02/2013	2421	321113	Swanson Bros Lumber Co Inc

Abstract: On August 2, 2013, Employee #1, a 66-year-old male with Swanson Bros Lumber Company Inc., was standing on the wooden toe board that measured 2 in. by 6 in. and was leaning over the guard rail. The wood toe board broke horizontally. Employee #1's feet slid backwards, causing him to fall over the guard rail. The fall from the top of the guard rail to the lower level was approximately 18 ft and 3 in. to the cement ground below. Employee #1 was hospitalized for an unspecified fracture injury, as a result of this event.

Keywords: FRACTURE, GUARDRAIL, FALL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	316947969			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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