Accident Report Detail
Accident: 201094943 - Employee Fractures Hip In Fall From Stairway
Accident: 201094943 -- Report ID: 0950645 -- Event Date: 09/05/2001 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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126180116 | 09/19/2001 | 1711 | Ronc Air | ||||
At approximately 3:14 p.m. on September 5, 2001, Employee #1, the owner of Ronco Air in Grover Beach, CA, was at a residential construction site. He was measuring an area adjacent to a stairway, where a heater was to be installed. Employee #1 missed his step and fell 6 ft 6 in. down the stairway. He fractured his hip and was transported to the hospital, where he was treated for 9 days. A 4-ft wall next to the stairway was not installed in order to facilitate the measuring operation. | |||||||
Keywords:
fracture, stair, guardrail, barrier guard, construction, stair landing, tripped, fall, hip
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Single family or duplex dwelling | New project or new addition | Under $50,000 | 2 | 6 | |||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 126180116 | Hospitalized injury | Fracture | Supervisors, n.e.c. | FallDist: FallHt:6 Cause: Installing interior walls, ceilings, doors FatCause: Fall from/with ladder |