Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200272235 - Employee Is Killed in Fall from Catwalk

Accident Summary Nr: 200272235 -- Report ID: 0524500 -- Event Date: 11/12/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314847823	11/12/2010	2048	311119	Pike Feeds, Inc

Abstract: At approximately 3:20 a.m. on November 12, 2010, Employee #1, of Pike Feeds, Incorporated, was working from a 15 ft elevated cat walk loading feed grain into a tandem truck. A coworker was operating the truck and was standing on ground level when he heard a loud noise. The coworker had walked around the truck to see Employee #1 falling, striking his foot on the side of the truck and landing on the ground head first. As a result, Employee #1 was killed due to head trauma. It was determined that Employee #1 had ducked under the top rail of the catwalk and missed the platform on top of the truck. Also, there was no midrail provided to access the top of the truck.

Keywords: HEAD, GUARDRAIL, UNSECURED, TRUCK, CATWALK, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, MIDRAIL, ELEVATED WORK PLAT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	314847823			Fatality	Fracture	Laborers, except construction

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