Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 709188 - Employee Fractures Leg In Fall When Decking Collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 709188 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 04/10/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
102106234	05/09/1986	1522	0	Oreno Builders

Abstract: Employee #1 was riding a work platform down. As the platform passed a level, the employee jumped from the platform to the level, which was covered with metal decking. When he landed on the decking, it bent and the employee and the decking fell 16 feet to the ground. He was taken to the hospital with a fractured right leg.

Keywords: decking, fracture, collapse, work rules, construction, equipment failure, fall, leg

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	102106234			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters

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