Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 120934.015 - Employee incurs concussion after slip and fall off baler

Accident Summary Nr: 120934.015 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 06/20/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1416782.015	07/19/2019		445110	Ralph'S Grocery Co.

Abstract: At 4:38 a.m. on June 20, 2019, an employee was adding cardboard to a Marathon Model V-6030-HD Vertical Baler. The employee climbed onto the baler by putting one foot onto the first rung of the baler chamber near the bottom of the machine. As the employee was trying to reach the feed gate in order to close it he slipped off the chamber door and fell to the concrete floor. The employee sustained fractures, contusions and a dislocation to the L1 and L2 vertebrae, neck contusions and a concussion and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Back, Baler, Baler Door, Climbing, Concrete Floor, Concussion, Contusion, Dislocated, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fixed Ladder, Foot, Fracture, Gate, Head, Injury Illness Prevention Program, Ladder, Material Handling, Neck, Slip, Slippery Surface, Training, Unstable Position, Vertebra, Work Surface

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1416782.015	71	M	Hospitalized injury		Janitors and cleaners

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