Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 121593.015 - Employee incurs head injury in fall from elevated platform

Accident Summary Nr: 121593.015 -- Report ID: 0213400 -- Event Date: 07/25/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1418894.015	07/29/2019		493190	Amware Logistics Llc

Abstract: At 2:30 p.m. on July 25, 2019, an employee was working from an elevated platform collecting product for an order. The employee parked a Yale Lift Truck Model GLC050VXNVRE083 order-picker at the end of a warehouse aisle and elevated the platform approximately 25 feet. The employee was using the powered industrial truck (PIT) to help reposition metal racks. The employee walked out onto the platform which had an open end and fell off the platform landing on the concrete floor. The employee incurred head trauma and was admitted to the hospital, where he was put into a medical coma to aid in recovery.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Concrete Floor, Concussion, Elevated Work Platform, Equipment Operator, Eye, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Forklift, Guardrail, Head, Industrial Truck, Insufficient Supervision, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Order-picker , Platform, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Raised platform, Supervision, Work Platform, Work Surface

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1418894.015	56	M	Hospitalized injury

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