Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 889014 - Employee injured in fall into window well

Accident Summary Nr: 889014 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 08/02/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104426648	08/15/1988	1751	0	Tst Construction Co.

Abstract: Employee #1, a carpenter, was framing the first floor of a townhouse when he stepped on a piece of cardboard and fell 7 ft 4 in. into a window well to a concrete ledge. He then fell an additional 3 ft to a concrete basement floor. He impaled his knee on a stray nail during the descent and sustained various bruises and contusions. Paramedics were called and he was transported to the Shock Trauma Unit in Baltimore. The employee thought the cardboard was a piece of wood because it had just been removed from a stack of plywood and still contained the imprint of the wood grain.

Keywords: KNEE, NAIL, IMPALED, CARPENTER, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, CONTUSION, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104426648			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Carpenters

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