Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 121697.015 - Employee breaks back while repairing conveyor, knocked onto

Accident Summary Nr: 121697.015 -- Report ID: 0728500 -- Event Date: 11/09/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1445003.015	11/14/2019		316110	National Beef Leathers

Abstract: At 5:15 p.m on November 9, 2019, an employee who performed machinery maintenance for a leather tanning facility was assisting a coworker with repairs on a conveyor. The employee was struck by the trolley and fell onto the stop plate. The employee broke his L5 vertebra and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Back, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Conveyor, Fracture, Maintenance, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Repair, Steel Plate, Struck By, Vertebra

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1445003.015	74	M	Hospitalized injury		Machinery maintenance occupations

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