Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 102186.015 - Employee falls or jump from trailer and breaks leg

Accident Summary Nr: 102186.015 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 07/21/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1259875.015	08/25/2017		326122	Jm Manufacturing, Inc.

Abstract: At 7:15 p.m. on July 21, 2017, an employee was working for a manufacturer of plastic pipes and pipe fittings. He had just arrived at a field to deliver irrigation pipes. The pipes were made of polyvinyl chloride (PVC), and they were 305 millimeters (12 inches) in diameter and 6.1 meters (20 feet) long. He repositioned his truck, trailers, and load, so that the pipes could be offloaded with the use of a forklift. After he repositioned his truck, he noticed that the top pipes, which were not secured by straps as they were being offloaded, had shifted. He attempted to use a wrench bar to reposition the displaced pipes. As he did, the pipes fell off the truck. The employee, who was positioned between the stacks of pipe and back edge of the trailer, jumped or fell off the trailer. He was 1.2 meters (4 feet) up. He broke his left tibia when he landed. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: Fall, Falling Object, Fracture, Irrigation Equipment, Leg, Pipe, Polyvinyl Chloride, Struck By, Tibia, Trailer, Truck, Unstable Load

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1259875.015	60	M	Hospitalized injury		Truck drivers, heavy

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