Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170749204 - Employee injured in fall through stair opening

Accident Summary Nr: 170749204 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 12/27/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119525137	12/28/1994	1751	0	Chesapeake New Construction And Renovation

Abstract: Employee #1 was helping his employer, a homeowner, with house renovations. Employee #1 was removing insulation from the perimeter of a door and window when he took one step to the left and fell 10 ft through a floor opening for a circular staircase. The employer had just stepped outside to talk to his wife and left the opening unguarded. Employee #1 landed on a concrete floor and received a hairline fracture to his left ankle and a compression of the T12 and L2 vertebrae. No ppe was being used.

Keywords: FRACTURE, UNGUARDED FL OPENING, PPE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FLOOR OPENING, VERTEBRA, ANKLE, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119525137			Hospitalized injury	Strain/Sprain	Carpenters

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