Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 142304.015 - Employee falls while unloading tires and injures head

Accident Summary Nr: 142304.015 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 07/13/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1563413.015	11/09/2021		488330	Exel Inc.

Abstract: At 7:00 a.m. on July 13, 2021, Employee #1, employed by a tire delivery company, was unloading a shipment of tires at a retail tire shop. While standing on a stack of tires inside the trailer and passing tires to two shop employees on the ground, Employee #1 lost footing and caught a foot on a single tire placed flat on the trailer floor. Employee #1 fell out of the trailer, landing head first on the pavement. Emergency services transported Employee #1 to the hospital, where he was hospitalized for treatment of a head laceration and central cord syndrome.

Keywords: Caught Between, Caught By, Caught In, Concrete Pavement, Fall, Foot, Head, Laceration, Pavement, Tire, Trailer, Unloading

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1563413.015	54	M	Hospitalized injury		Truck drivers, heavy

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