Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 147497.015 - Employee injures head in fall from forklift load

Accident Summary Nr: 147497.015 -- Report ID: 0950635 -- Event Date: 01/03/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1585354.015	03/23/2022		561311	Gotworx Staffing Inc

Abstract: At 5:45 p.m. on January 3, 2022, an employee was unloading a tractor trailer when he motioned to a forklift operator to move forward with a load that he had just retrieved from the back of the truck. The employee got on top of the load and motioned for the forklift operator to raise it. As the load was rising, it began sliding forward and toppled off the forks. The employee fell backwards and landed on his upper back, neck and head on the concrete surface. The employee was hospitalized to treat a head injury and internal brain bleed.

Keywords: Back, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Brain, Brain Bleed, Climbing, Concrete Floor, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Falling Object, Forklift, Forks, Head, Load Shift, Neck, Tractor Trailer, Unloading

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1585354.015	59	M	Hospitalized injury

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