Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 121999.015 - Employee fractures back in fall from elevated work platform

Accident Summary Nr: 121999.015 -- Report ID: 0524200 -- Event Date: 10/25/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1445615.015	11/19/2019		311340	Doumak Inc.

Abstract: At 10:30 a.m. on October 25, 2019, an employee working for food manufacturer was working on a 9-foot high platform preparing to thoroughly clean residual marshmallow dust from a machine. The employee fell from the platform while attempting to reach through the handrail to grab a mop brush that had broken off. The employee fractured her back and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Back, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Cleaning, Elevated Work Platform, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Food processing, Fracture, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Reaching, Walking Surface, Work Surface

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1445615.015	55	F	Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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