Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 892943 - Employee injures vertebra after fall from ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 892943 -- Report ID: 0352430 -- Event Date: 07/20/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119584944	07/22/1994	1796	0	Montgomery Elevator Company

Abstract: Employee #1 was using a wooden ladder to retrieve a dropped bolt from an elevator pit. The employee slipped from the ladder's rung and fell 6 ft 10 in. to a concrete floor in the pit. He landed head first, severely injuring his fifth vertebra. He was hospitalized for several days.

Keywords: HEAD, LADDER, SLIP, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, VERTEBRA, CONCRETE, ELEVATOR SHAFT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119584944			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Supervisors; brickmasons, stonemasons, tilesetters

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