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Accident: 201086907 - Employee Is Injured In Fall Through Roof

Accident: 201086907 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 08/24/2005
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
12573089512/02/20052675Harvest Container Co Inc
On August 24, 2005, an employee was assigned to install an exhaust duct for the baler machine. The roof was metal, and he disassembled a part of it to install the duct work. The employee was being helped from underneath by a coworker on a scissors lift. This employee was assisting with the disassembling of the roof. He took too much of the support loose and the roof gave in. The employee fell through the roof to the floor. The employee was taken to Sierra View Hospital, where he was hospitalized and treated for fractured leg.
Keywords: fracture, roof, dismantling, fall, work surface, aerial lift, leg
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 125730895 Hospitalized injury Fracture Not specified mechanics and repairers

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