Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170181085 - EMPLOYEE FALLS FROM ELEVATED SCISSOR LIFT

Accident Summary Nr: 170181085 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 11/24/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
112018775	11/25/1991	1742	0	M B Contractors, Inc.

Abstract: 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 Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	112018775			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Carpenters

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