Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202489704 - Heavy Equipment Trainer Breaks Hip in Fall

Accident Summary Nr: 202489704 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 10/13/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125822015	11/18/2009	7353	532412	Peterson Tractor Co.

Abstract: On October 13, 2009, Employee #1, who worked for a heavy equipment sales and service company as a technical trainer, entered the swing doors to the company office. One of the swing doors was locked, and a plastic bucket was set against the locked door with a couple of inches of the bucket sitting past the door to act as a stop for the unlocked swing door. A heavy wind storm was occurring at the time. Employee #1 stepped inside the door and tripped over the bucket. He fell to the concrete floor and fractured his pelvis at his femur and was hospitalized for this injury.

Keywords: FRACTURE, TRIPPED, PELVIS, FALL, DOOR

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125822015			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Trade and industrial teachers

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