Inspection Detail

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

Inspection Information - Office: Van Nuys District Office

Investigation Summary

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