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Accident: 170200232 - Employee'S Spleen Removed After Fall Into Floor Opening
Accident: 170200232 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 03/13/1992 | |||||||
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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| 112046982 | 03/20/1992 | 2421 | Michigan-California Lumber Co. | ||||
| At about 12:43 p.m. on Friday, March 13, 1992, Employee #1, a conveyor chain operator of Michigan California Lumber Co., left his station in the planing mill to make adjustments on the lumber grade stampers. He noticed a board coming down the conveyor crosswise, so he got up and started back to the control position. While taking a short cut over the machinery framework, he slipped on his first step up on the frame and he landed in an opening in the floor grating. The 3 ft by 3 ft by 2 ft 6 in. deep opening was left when a piece of machinery was removed two weeks before. When Employee #1 fell down, his left side struck the machinery framework, breaking several ribs and rupturing the spleen. First aid was administered and Employee #1 was transported to Marshall Hospital in Placerville, CA, where his spleen was removed. | |||||||
Keywords:
fracture, spleen, unguarded fl opening, work rules, slip, grating, rupture, rib, fall, floor opening
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| Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
| 1 | 112046982 | Hospitalized injury | Amputation | Occupation not reported | |||