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Accident: 119021.015 - Employee Sustains Vertebrae Fracture, Later Dies

**Accident: 119021.015 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 07/19/2019**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1424049.015	08/08/2019		Hendry Aluminum, Inc.

At 2:00 p.m. on July 19, 2019, Employee #1 was adjusting a trailer when he fract ured his L1 vertebrae. He had surgery for the fracture. Due to the fractured ve rtebrae, the employee suffered a pulmonary embolism and thrombosis caused by the blunt force trauma of lumbar vertebra. Employee #1 subsequently suffered a hea rt attack, and died.

Keywords: embolism, fracture, heart attack, trailer, vertebra

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	1424049.015	56	M	Fatality		Laborers, except construction

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