Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 118417.015 - Employee falls between racks while picking orders in warehou

Accident Summary Nr: 118417.015 -- Report ID: 0950635 -- Event Date: 05/15/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1404676.015	05/28/2019		541614	St George Distribution Corp

Abstract: At 9:00 p.m. on May 15, 2019, an employee was assigned to was assigned to fulfill work orders by retrieving merchandise using of a stand-up reach truck. The employee is required to wear a fall protection body harness but he removed it to take a break and did not put it back on. The employee needed to reach to the back part of a second tier storage rack and fell approximately 7 feet between two racks. The employee incurred multiple injuries and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Abrasion, Back, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Contusion, Fall, Fall Protection, Industrial Truck, Order-picker , PPE, Picking an order, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Stand-Up Operator, Storage Rack, Temporary Worker, Torso, Warehouse

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1404676.015	41	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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