Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 644658 - Employee injured in fall from detaching fire escape

Accident Summary Nr: 644658 -- Report ID: 0215000 -- Event Date: 12/18/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
17775362	12/18/1990	1795	0	Avalanche Wrecking Corp.

Abstract: At approximately 10:45 a.m. on December 18, 1990, Employee #1, a barman on a building demolition crew, was working as a member of a 2-man team demolishing the top of an elevator shaft on a 3-story building. He left the other team member and descended a fire escape stairway located on an exterior wall of the elevator shaft. The fire escape suddenly detached from the wall, causing the employee to fall approximately 60 ft to the ground. He suffered a broken left shoulder, several broken left ribs, and back injuries for which he was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, SHOULDER, FIRE ESCAPE, CONSTRUCTION, DESCENDING, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, BACK, RIB, FALL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	17775362			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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