Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202440202 - Employee Fractures Ribs in Fall from Truck

Accident Summary Nr: 202440202 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 12/01/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307455451	01/14/2005	1541	236210	Kip Incorporated

Abstract: At approximately 9:00 a.m. on December 1, 2004, Employee #1 a journeyman carpenter, was standing on a metal tool box to unload lumber from an overhead rack of a flatbed truck. The employee slipped and fell 4 ft. 8 in., from the truck landing on a steel curb and gutter. Paramedics responded and took the employee to the Medical Center where he was admitted and hospitalized for a broken rib and internal injuries, and his spleen had to be removed.

Keywords: SPLEEN, STEEL, CARPENTER, SLIP, CONSTRUCTION, TRUCK, RIB, FALL

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000		4

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307455451			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 4 feet Cause: Forming Fatality Cause: Fall from vehicle (vehicle/construction equipment)

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