Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 116900.015 - Employee fractures leg after falling from hay bales

Accident Summary Nr: 116900.015 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 05/18/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1406337.015	06/05/2019		453998	The Feed Barn

Abstract: At 11:23 a.m. on May 18, 2019, an employee and a coworker were assisting a customer loading hay from a storage yard. The employee had climbed the hat bales and was standing approximately 40 feet from the ground on top of the stored bales. The employee was using hay picks to grab the bales and as the hooks slipped right through the hay the employee lost his balance and was thrown off the stack to the ground. The employee suffered a double compound fracture to the tibia and fractured femur in his right leg and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Hand Tool, Inexperience, Injury Illness Prevention Program, Leg, Lost Balance, Lost Control, Slippery Surface, Tibia, Unstable Position, Unstable Surface, Walking Surface

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1406337.015	18	M	Hospitalized injury

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