Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201702602 - Employee Falls from Shelf Rack, Fractures Foot

Accident Summary Nr: 201702602 -- Report ID: 1054115 -- Event Date: 08/20/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312261142	09/11/2008	7359	532310	West Coast Event Productions Inc

Abstract: Three employee were taking down 3-ft 10-in. by 8-ft wooden picket fence panels that were stacked on top of a Costco-type shelf racks. The top rack shelf was approximately 11-ft 8.5-in. above the concrete floor. Two employees were on the top shelf without any type of fall protection. Employee #1 jumped from one rack to the other and climbed a 12-ft step ladder to get on top. One of the horizontal rack rails came lose causing Employee #1 to fall to the concrete floor. Employee #1 suffered broken bones in his left foot heel and was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, LADDER, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, STORAGE RACK, STORAGE AREA, UNGUARDED, FOOT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	312261142			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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