Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 105831.015 - Employee sustains injuries to hands when lift gate falls

Accident Summary Nr: 105831.015 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 12/12/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1287275.015	01/09/2018		311830	La Tapatia Tortilleria, Inc

Abstract: At 11:00 a.m. on December 12, 2017, an employee was working for a firm that made tortillas. She was operating the lift gate in the back of a delivery truck. The lift gate got stuck. The employee tried to nudge it, but nothing happened. As the employee was walking away, the lift gate dropped, striking her. Bones in her thumb were crushed. Also, she sustained severed tendons in her left hand and a contusion to her left wrist. She was hospitalized.

Keywords: Contusion, Crushed, Falling Object, Hand, Jammed, Loading, Severed, Struck By, Tendon, Truck, Wrist

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1287275.015	49	F	Hospitalized injury		Supervisors and proprietors, sales occupations

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