Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 138397.015 - Employee sustains head injury, falls off loading dock to gro

Accident Summary Nr: 138397.015 -- Report ID: 0317000 -- Event Date: 07/29/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1549183.015	08/18/2021		423740	United Refrigeration, Inc.

Abstract: At 4:30 p.m. on July 29, 2021, an employee working as a sales driver for a refrigeration equipment supplier was removing the back gate of a flat bed truck fitted with a removeable fence. The employee fell 4 feet from the loading dock to the ground. The employee later collapsed in the parking lot when leaving for the day. The employee was hospitalized to treat a head injury.

Keywords: Asphalt, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Driver, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fence, Flatbed Truck, Gate, Head, Liftgate, Loading Dock, Material Handling, Metal fence, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Parking Lot, Removing, Sales, Sales Representative, Walking Surface

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1549183.015	60	M	Hospitalized injury		Driver-sales workers

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