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Accident: 170181085 - Employee Falls From Elevated Scissor Lift

Accident: 170181085 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 11/24/1991
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
11201877511/25/19911742M B Contractors, Inc.
ON NOVEMBER 24, 1991, EMPLOYEE #1, A DRYWALL CARPENTER, WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED FOLLOWING A 7- OR 8-FOOT FALL. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ON A SCISSOR LIFT HANGING DRYWALL WHEN HE FELL OVER THE LIFT'S CHAIN GUARDRAIL AND LANDED ON THE GROUND, FRACTURING HIS SKULL AND INJURING HIS NOSE AND LEFT KNEE. 911 WAS CALLED. THE PARAMEDICS ARRIVED AND TRANSPORTED EMPLOYEE #1 TO THE HOSPITAL. HE WAS RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL ON NOVEMBER 27, 1991.
Keywords: knee, fracture, guardrail, carpenter, construction, skull, tripped, fall, aerial lift
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 112018775 Hospitalized injury Bruise/Contus/Abras Carpenters

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