Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 118374.015 - Employee impales armpit on pole jumping from compactor

Accident Summary Nr: 118374.015 -- Report ID: 0418300 -- Event Date: 07/22/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1418740.015	07/29/2019		332312	Pinnacle Manufacturing Merger Sub, Llc

Abstract: At 4:00 p.m. on July 22, 2019, an employee climbed onto a platform on top of a Marathon trash compactor attempting to unjam the machine using a 6 foot metal tube. The employee jumped from the platform to the concrete ground below and impaled himself in the armpit on the metal tube. The employee incurred an armpit puncture, a concussion and broken ribs and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Arm, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Chest, Concrete Floor, Concussion, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Head, Impaled, Jammed, Jumping, Laceration, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Puncture, Puncture Wound, Rib, Sheared, Steel Tube, Trash Compactor

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1418740.015	22	M	Hospitalized injury		Janitors and cleaners

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