Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 945055 - Employee'S Leg Broken In Fall Through Elevator Shaft

Accident Summary Nr: 945055 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 10/10/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18542712	11/15/1988	1542	0	Hickory Construction Company, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was helping to install a door frame adjacent to an unguarded elevator shaft opening. He stepped backward with the frame and fell 14 feet to the floor. He suffered a compound fracture of the right leg.

Keywords: fracture, installing, construction, fall, walking backward, unguarded, elevator shaft, inattention, leg

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	18542712			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction trades, n.e.c.

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