Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201632486 - Employee injured by fall when tripped over broom handle

Accident Summary Nr: 201632486 -- Report ID: 1054111 -- Event Date: 01/21/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305175283	01/24/2002	1522	0	Walsh Builders Llc

Abstract: At 6:00 a.m. on January 21, 2002, Employee #1 had started work but he had to use the outside portable toilet. He walked from the area where he was working and down the corridor. As he went out through the emergency exit door he tripped on a broom handle that had fallen across the threshold. Employee #1 subsequently stumbled and fell onto some debris outside of the door and sustained a fracture to his lower back at the L3 vertebra and was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, SPINE, BROOM, BACK, TRIPPED, FALL

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	3

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	305175283			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 1 feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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