Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 122830.015 - Employee breaks leg, hip when struck by falling gas cylinder

Accident Summary Nr: 122830.015 -- Report ID: 0552652 -- Event Date: 12/15/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1451758.015	12/30/2019		493110	Viking Supplynet

Abstract: At 11:20 a.m. on December 15, 2019, an employee working as a crane operator was transferring fire suppression gas from one cylinder to another. The employee tripped the emergency vent on the cylinder causing it to fall on him. The employee broke his femur and hip bones and required hospitalization.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Crane Operator, Cylinder, Falling Object, Filling, Fire Extinguisher, Flying Object, Fracture, High Pressure, Hip, Leg, Struck By, Work Surface

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1451758.015	59	M	Hospitalized injury		Crane and tower operators

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