Accident Report Detail

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 108796.015 - Employee Incurs Multiple Injuries In Fall From Fixed Ladder

**Accident: 108796.015 -- Report ID: 0213100 -- Event Date: 08/27/2018**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1343581.015	08/30/2018		Shoprite Supermarkets, Inc.

At 6:00 a.m. on August 27, 2018, Employee #1 was assumed to be attempting to ret rieve Styrofoam meat trays from a loft using a fixed ladder. The employee was fo und on the concrete floor, bleeding from his head. There were no witnesses to th e fall. Employee#1 sustained a fractured skull, and injuries to his neck and bac k. He was taken to the hospital, where he was placed in an induced coma.

Keywords: back, concrete slab, fall, fracture, ladder, neck, skull

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	1343581.015	63	M	Hospitalized injury		Butchers and meat cutters

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