Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201797149 - Employee falls and fractures vertebrae

Accident Summary Nr: 201797149 -- Report ID: 0950644 -- Event Date: 08/16/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126088061	08/25/2003	5531	441320	Just Tires

Abstract: At approximately 8:05 a.m. on August 16, 2003, Employee #1 was working alone in the loft storage area looking for a size 225-75-15 tire. He was walking south looking for the tire on the top row of the west side of the aisle. Employee #1 did not see the unguarded floor opening and fell through the 37-in. by 21-in. hole to the concrete floor. The floor was about 101 in. below the unguarded opening. The opening was used to deliver tires from the storage area to the floor below. Employee #1 was transported to intercommunity hospital in Covina where he remained for at least 9 days due to fractured vertebrae number 12 and leg pain.

Keywords: FRACTURE, UNGUARDED FL OPENING, FALL, VERTEBRA, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126088061			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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