Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201793239 - Employee slips on wet surface and breaks his knee cap

Accident Summary Nr: 201793239 -- Report ID: 0950644 -- Event Date: 09/22/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126081058	09/28/2000	3471	0	Perkin Elmer Optoelectronics Sc.Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 6:30 p.m. on September 22, 2000, Employee #1, a security guard, was making his rounds inside the plant. A worker had just finished mopping the hall floor from the helicopter blade store room to the machinery room. Employee #1 exited the helicopter blade store room on his way to the machinery room when he slipped and fell on the wet floor. Employee #1 was wearing rubber soled shoes and there were no signs warning the floor was wet. Employee #1 was hospitalized with a broken knee cap.

Keywords: KNEE, FRACTURE, SLIP, FALL, SLIPPERY SURFACE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126081058			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Sheriffs, bailiffs, other law enforcement officers

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