Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 691782 - Employee fractures wrist in 25 ft fall down stairwell

Accident Summary Nr: 691782 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 05/26/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
105577928	05/27/1987	1522	0	K & P Construction Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was on the third floor of a building under construction. He was standing between two wall steels on 18 in. centers, trying to pry loose the bond beam with a claw hammer to make room for a metal vertical wall steel. While he was leaning over the edge of the stairwell and applying pressure to the hammer, the beam suddenly came loose and knocked Employee #1 off balance. He fell approximately 25 ft between the two vertical steels, landing in the basement. Employee #1 was hospitalized for treatment of a fractured wrist.

Keywords: FRACTURE, STAIR, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, LOST BALANCE, WRIST

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	105577928			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters

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