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1 1 202654851 202654851 5 amputation of his second finger on his right hand. Employee #1 was later releas 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
2 2 202654851 202654851 6 ed. 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
3 3 202657888 202657888 1 At approximately 5:55 p.m. on April 24, 2013, Employee #1, a deli clerk, was cle 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
4 4 202657888 202657888 2 aning a set of fryers in the deli department. Employee #1 was attempting to mult 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
5 5 202657888 202657888 3 itask by cleaning the fryers, attending to a customer, and cleaning the rotisser 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
6 6 202657888 202657888 4 ie oven. While cleaning the fryers, Employee #1 was attending to a customer, and 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
7 7 202657888 202657888 5 then began cleaning a rotisserie oven. Employee #1 pulled a large tray out of t 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
8 8 202657888 202657888 6 he rotisserie oven and walked with it to the back room when she tripped over a f 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
9 9 202657888 202657888 7 ryer vat containing hot cooking oil. Employee #1 was transported to Los Angeles 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
10 10 202657888 202657888 8 County-USC Medical Center, where she was treated for second degree burns to her 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
11 11 202657888 202657888 9 body. The employee remained hospital. 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
12 12 316347244 316347244 1 On May 1, 2013, Employee #1, a 57-year-old male Foremen with Foundation Pile Inc 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
13 13 316347244 316347244 2 , was working at the Five Freeway Expansion Project, in Norwalk, California. A f 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
14 14 316347244 316347244 3 orklift driver, operating a Pettybone Super 20, Serial Number 4797, Model 204D a 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
15 15 316347244 316347244 4 nd was moving piles. Upon setting the piles down, the forklift driver began to t 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
16 16 316347244 316347244 5 urn around in a tight space. As the forklift backed up, the operator did not not 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
17 17 316347244 316347244 6 ice Employee #1 and another coworker standing behind the forklift. As the forkli 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
18 18 316347244 316347244 7 ft backed up, it pinned Employee #1's leg against a pile causing an unspecified 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
19 19 316347244 316347244 8 laceration injury. Employee #1 was hospitalized as a result of the event. 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
20 20 202458345 202458345 1 At approximately 3:00 p.m. on June 4, 2013, Employee #1, of Wise Electric & Comm 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
21 21 202458345 202458345 2 unications Inc., was seriously injured when he fell from a fixed ladder. On the 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
22 22 202458345 202458345 3 day of the accident, Employee #1 and #2 were lowering tools and equipment into t 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
23 23 202458345 202458345 4 he MCC Vault in preparation for work the following day. Employee #1 was descendi 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
24 24 202458345 202458345 5 ng a steel fixed ladder attached to a concrete wall, and lost his grip and fell 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
25 25 202458345 202458345 6 approximately 10 feet to 12 feet to a concrete floor below. The equipment was a 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
26 26 202458345 202458345 7 steel fixed ladder of approximately 15 feet in length. The ladder was 6 inches f 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
27 27 202458345 202458345 8 rom the wall. The ladder rung spacing was 12 inches. The ladder rung thickness w 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
28 28 202458345 202458345 9 as 0.875 inch in diameter. The inside distance of the steel ladder from upright 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
29 29 202458345 202458345 10 to upright was 18 inches. Employee #1 sustained a fractured collar bone, cracked 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
30 30 202458345 202458345 11 ribs, and laceration to the back of his head. 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
31 31 201079316 201079316 1 At approximately 3:35 p.m. on May 2, 2013 Employee #1, a 35-year-old male labore 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
32 32 201079316 201079316 2 r with Gammon Pools Inc. was performing maintenance in an empty swimming pool. E 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
33 33 201079316 201079316 3 mployee #1 was preparing to conduct an acid wash of the pool. Employee #1 was we 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
34 34 201079316 201079316 4 aring slip on rubber boots, rubber gloves, eye protection and a respirator. Empl 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
35 35 201079316 201079316 5 oyee #1 stated that after filling his watering can for the cleaning process that 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
36 36 201079316 201079316 6 he turned to the left. When he turned he stated that his right foot slipped. A 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
37 37 201079316 201079316 7 coworker stated that he tried to catch himself but fell, landed on his right han 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
38 38 201079316 201079316 8 d and butt and possibly his right leg. The homeowner came to Employee #1's assis 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
39 39 201079316 201079316 9 tance and transported Employee #1 to Pomerado Hospital in Poway CA where he was 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
40 40 201079316 201079316 10 hospitalized and treated for a same level fall and fractured right leg. The hosp 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
41 41 201079316 201079316 11 ital representatives told Employee #1 that he could stay in the hospital and be 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
42 42 201079316 201079316 12 admitted or go home. However the hospital advised him to stay as immediate appro 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
43 43 201079316 201079316 13 val would be given for surgery to repair the fractured leg. The hospital also st 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
44 44 201079316 201079316 14 ated that if Employee #1 chose to go home that approvals would have to be obtain 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
45 45 201079316 201079316 15 ed from the worker's compensation insurer and surgery to repair the leg would be 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
46 46 201079316 201079316 16 delayed, possibly up to 7 days. Employee #1 chose to stay in the hospital and w 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
47 47 201079316 201079316 17 as discharged on May 2, 2013 at 4:25 p.m. Employee #1 was hospitalized over just 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
48 48 201079316 201079316 18 over 24 hours. Employee #1 told the inspector that he had approximately 15 year 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
49 49 201079316 201079316 19 s of experience in performing various aspects of swimming pool maintenance. 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
50 50 202180303 202180303 1 At approximately 3:23 a.m. on August 23, 2013, Employee #1, a 56-year-old male N 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
51 51 202180303 202180303 2 YSDSP Trooper with NYSDSP Troop A Headquarters, died from an apparent heart atta 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
52 52 202180303 202180303 3 ck. Employee #1 was attending a Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance conference in 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
53 53 202180303 202180303 4 Salt Lake City, Utah, at the time of the incident. 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
54 54 202654943 202654943 1 On July 30, 2013, Employee #1, a 47-year-old male with Randazzo Enterprises Inc. 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
55 55 202654943 202654943 2 , was installing a new belt Komatsu Mobile Rock Crusher (BR3000J-1 Model). The b 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
56 56 202654943 202654943 3 elt was running at the time so Employee #1 could make adjustments to the newly i 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
57 57 202654943 202654943 4 nstalled belt. Employee #1 was lying on the ground under the belt to observe its 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
58 58 202654943 202654943 5 function. As Employee #1 was getting up to continue his work he stumbled, reach 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
59 59 202654943 202654943 6 ed out to catch himself, got his hand lodged in the frame of the roller conveyor 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
60 60 202654943 202654943 7 , and fell. As Employee #1 fell, his hand was in an awkward posture and he broke 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
61 61 202654943 202654943 8 his arm, as he fell back to the ground. Employee #1 was hospitalized for an uns 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
62 62 202654943 202654943 9 pecified fracture injury to his arm, as a result of this event. 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
63 63 202588778 202588778 1 At approximately 12:42 p.m. on August 10, 2013, an employee, a senior zoo keeper 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
64 64 202588778 202588778 2 , was working with seven chimpanzees in a zoo. One of the female chimpanzee bit 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
65 65 202588778 202588778 3 the employee's middle finger. The employee was taken to the hospital after havin 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
66 66 202588778 202588778 4 g the distal tip of her right middle finger bitten off by a chimpanzee. The dist 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
67 67 202588778 202588778 5 al tip was unable to be reattached. During surgery some bone was shaved down in 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
68 68 202588778 202588778 6 order to close over the distal tip of the bone. The employee was hospitalized an 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
69 69 202588778 202588778 7 d treated for amputation of her finger. 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
70 70 201130127 201130127 1 At about 3:25 p.m. on December 4, 2013, Employee #1 was working as a clothing me 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
71 71 201130127 201130127 2 rchandise handler for the department store Macy's West Stores, Inc. in Palo Alto 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
72 72 201130127 201130127 3 , CA. Employee #1 had been a fulltime employee in the gift wrap department for a 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
73 73 201130127 201130127 4 bout 10 years. She had left the company, but she had returned for about four mon 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
74 74 201130127 201130127 5 ths as a part-time worker in the fulfillment area. She was in the "Optimal Fitti 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
75 75 201130127 201130127 6 ng Room" on the second floor, sorting clothes gathered from the fitting rooms. T 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
76 76 201130127 201130127 7 he clothes were to be organized and replaced on the sales floors. Incoming and o 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
77 77 201130127 201130127 8 utgoing merchandise was hung upon rolling clothes racks staged on opposite sides 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
78 78 201130127 201130127 9 of the room. Employee #1 said she was turning from her right to her left after 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
79 79 201130127 201130127 10 hanging a clothes item on one of the outgoing racks. As she turned, her right fo 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
80 80 201130127 201130127 11 ot caught on a lower portion of the rack She fell onto the floor, landing on her 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
81 81 201130127 201130127 12 left side. A coworker, who was working as a temporary worker, was in the same r 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
82 82 201130127 201130127 13 oom and heard Employee #1 fall. A second coworker, who was working as a sales ma 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
83 83 201130127 201130127 14 nager, and a third coworker, who was working as a merchandise team manager, also 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
84 84 201130127 201130127 15 came and assisted. A fourth coworker, the operations manager, arrived with a wh 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
85 85 201130127 201130127 16 eelchair along with a fifth coworker, the store manager. The operations manager 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
86 86 201130127 201130127 17 took Employee #1 to an occupational health clinic, but the clinic instructed the 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
87 87 201130127 201130127 18 m that they needed to go to a hospital. Employee #1 was admitted to Kaiser Hospi 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
88 88 201130127 201130127 19 tal in Redwood City, CA, and diagnosed with a fractured left hip. She was moved 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
89 89 201130127 201130127 20 after several days to a rehabilitation facility. No surgery was performed. The a 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
90 90 201130127 201130127 21 ccident was reported in a timely manner by the store manager who had transported 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
91 91 201130127 201130127 22 the Employee #1 to the hospital. The racks, carts, and other items in the room 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
92 92 201130127 201130127 23 were positioned normally, according to all persons interviewed. Employee #1 said 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
93 93 201130127 201130127 24 that she was familiar with the type of work the job called for, the arrangement 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
94 94 201130127 201130127 25 of the racks, and the working conditions. She said that she just happened to ca 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
95 95 201130127 201130127 26 tch her foot on the rack while turning. There were no apparent conditions in vio 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
96 96 201130127 201130127 27 lation of standards associated with this incident. As a result of a subsequent i 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
97 97 201130127 201130127 28 nspection, citations were issued on items unrelated to the accident: 1-1 General 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
98 98 201130127 201130127 29 /T8 CCR 3360(a): Failure to ensure that an industrial truck was marked with its 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
99 99 201130127 201130127 30 rated lifting capacity. 1-2 General/T8 CCR 3368(a)(1): Failure to ensure that op 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00
100 100 201130127 201130127 31 erators of an industrial truck were trained and evaluated for safe operation. 1- 2019-07-22 00:19:35+00:00

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CREATE TABLE "accident_abstract" (
   [summary_nr] INTEGER REFERENCES [accident]([summary_nr]),
   [line_nr] INTEGER,
   [abstract_text] TEXT,
   [load_dt] TEXT
);
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