Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 126480.015 - Employee fractures tailbone after falling off trailer

Accident Summary Nr: 126480.015 -- Report ID: 0950614 -- Event Date: 01/20/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1461470.015	02/13/2020		484121	Taylor Transport, Inc.

Abstract: At 5:15 p.m. on January 20, 2020, an employee who works as a Long Distance Truck Driver for a transporatation company fell approximately 7 feet off a flatbed trailer. The employee had been transporting twelve 30 foot I-Beams and was standing on the trailer draping a chain from one end of the trailer to the other through the ratchet binder. As employee was trying to add another link to the ratchet binder, he lost his balance and fell backward landing on the ground and fracturing his tailbone. The employee was hospitalized and discharged the next day.

Keywords: Back, Beam, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broken Bone, Buttocks, Chain, Delivery Work, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Flatbed Truck, Fracture, H-Beam, Lost Balance, Material Handling, Motor Vehicle, Steel Beam, Torso, Tractor Trailer, Trailer, Trailer Truck, Truck Driver, Walking Surface, Work Surface

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1461470.015	31	M	Hospitalized injury		Truck drivers, heavy

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