Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201404514 - Two employees injured in fall when stairway collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 201404514 -- Report ID: 0552651 -- Event Date: 05/22/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125054874	10/04/2000	1711	0	Pleune Service Co Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 and a coworker arrived at a job site to measure the floor-to-floor dimensions. They ascending the stairway near the north side of the building when the stairs collapsed into the basement. Employee #1 sustained leg fractures and was hospitalized. Employee #2 suffered multiple lacerations to his arm, but did not require hospitalization.

Keywords: FRACTURE, STAIR, COLLAPSE, UNSECURED, CONSTRUCTION, LACERATION, FALL, WORK SURFACE, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$500,000 to $1,000,000	5

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125054874			Non Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 11 feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)
2	125054874			Non Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 11 feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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