Inspection Detail

Inspection: 126188796 - Boeing Co. Air Force Plant 42-Site 2

Inspection Information - Office: Van Nuys District Office

Inspection Nr: 126188796

Report ID: 0950643

Date Opened: 08/26/2002

Site Address:
Boeing Co. Air Force Plant 42-Site 2
1500 E. Avenue M Mc Pl-46
Palmdale, CA 93550

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: Union

SIC:3721

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 08/27/2002

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 10/09/2002

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	362520108

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 201114097

Event: 07/19/2002

Employees Fractures Hip in Fall When Heel Shoe Got Caught

At 7:30 a.m. on July 19, 2002, Employee #1, an employee of Boeing IDS-AM, a defense systems contractor for the U.S. Air Force, was visiting the company's Palmdale, CA, location to pick up personnel for a meeting in Long Beach. She was on a walkway between a guardhouse and Building Number 145, on a route to the break room, when her high heel shoe got caught in a 5-in. diameter sewer clean-out lid and ring. Employee #1 fell down, fracturing her left hip. A coworker helped her to stand up, and Employee #1 was transported to Lancaster Community Hospital, where she was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, MANHOLE COVER, CAUGHT BETWEEN, TRIPPED, WALKING SURFACE, FALL, HIP, INATTENTION

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126188796			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Aerospace engineers

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