Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201506912 - Employee Falls Off Platform and Suffers Multiple Fractures

Accident Summary Nr: 201506912 -- Report ID: 0950614 -- Event Date: 10/09/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310056379	10/26/2006	3999	332999	Pneumatic Tube Products Co

Abstract: At approximately 1:45 p.m. on October 9, 2006, the president of the company went outside and entered a 40-ft storage container to get some pneumatic tube parts. The container was accessible by a 6-step metal stairway. The landing of the stairway did not have any guardrails installed around the perimeter. The landing was 4 ft, 7 in. above the asphalt ground. As the president exited the container, he lost his balance. One of his employees found him lying on the ground. The president sustained a fractured skull, and fractured ribs. He was transported to Eden Hospital in Castro Valley where he was hospitalized and placed in intensive care. He was later transferred to a rehabilitation center near San Rafael.

Keywords: PLATFORM, FRACTURE, GUARDRAIL, STAIR LANDING, SKULL, WALKING SURFACE, RIB, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, LOST BALANCE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	310056379			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Managers and administrators, n.e.c

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