Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 122745.015 - Employee breaks ankle in fall from elevated loading platform

Accident Summary Nr: 122745.015 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 12/17/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1452821.015	12/23/2019		424910	Farmers Cooperative Elevator

Abstract: At 6:00 p.m. on December 17, 2019, an employee working for a farmers cooperative was loading a feed truck. The employee went to step from the top of the truck trailer to the elevated operator's loading platform when a strap on his right boot became caught on something. The employee lost his balance as a result and fell to the ground floor of the loading bay. The employee fractured his ankle and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Ankle, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Caught By, Elevated Work Plat, Elevated Work Platform, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Feed Mill, Fracture, Loading, Lost Balance, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Stuck, Trailer, Truck, Work Surface

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1452821.015	49	M	Hospitalized injury		Occupation not reported

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