Accident Report Detail
Accident: 201057817 - Employee Is Injured From Fall
Accident: 201057817 -- Report ID: 0950642 -- Event Date: 09/09/2003 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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300783180 | 09/17/2003 | 4789 | Ca Dept Of Transportation | ||||
At approximately 10:00 a.m. on September 3, 2003, Employee #1 was spraying herbicide on a sloped hillside near a retaining wall. For some reason, he slipped, lost his footing, and fell backwards off the retaining wall 8.25 feet to the ground. Employee #1 was hospitalized at St. Francis Medical Center and treated for a contusion to the head, shoulder and rib injuries, and fractured tibia and knee. An investigation revealed that guardrails, greater than 4 feet in height, were not provided on the elevated work location of the retaining wall. | |||||||
Keywords:
knee, fracture, head, guardrail, shoulder, slip, rib, fall, retaining wall, contusion
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 300783180 | Hospitalized injury | Strain/Sprain | Machine operators, not specified |