Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170872550 - Employee's back injured in fall, later dies

Accident Summary Nr: 170872550 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 01/17/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125653717	02/01/1999	2211	0	Nisshinbo California Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 was assigned to move a cart of empty bobbins to another machine. As he walked by roving machine #6, some empty bobbins fell out. He stopped to pick them up and thought he was done when he stepped on one and his feet flew out from under him. Employee #1 landed on his back and on a bobbin, indicating that he could not move. He was transported to the hospital with a fractured back. He appeared to be recovering when he died ten days after being admitted. Employee #1 may have suffered a heart attack while in the hospital.

Keywords: HEART, FRACTURE, HEART ATTACK, BACK, BOBBIN, FALL, LOST BALANCE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125653717			Fatality	Fracture	Miscellaneous textile machine operators

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