Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 124823.015 - Employee fractures skull in fall from pallet elevated by PIV

Accident Summary Nr: 124823.015 -- Report ID: 0155010 -- Event Date: 12/17/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1452275.015	12/18/2019		111219	Lawrence D. Oliver Seed Co., Inc.

Abstract: At 2:00 p.m. on December 17, 2019, an employee working as a machine operator for a seed farm was installing insulation in the ceiling of a warehouse. The employee was standing on an elevated wooden pallet which was resting on the forks of a powered industrial vehicle (PIV). The pallet was elevated approximately 6 feet and no measures were in place to protect the employee from falling. The employee fell from the pallet to the concrete floor below. The employee fractured his skull, sustained a concussion and sustained contusions to his shoulder, requiring hospitalization.

Keywords: Agriculture, Agriculture Machinery/Vehicle, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Concrete Floor, Concussion, Contusion, Eye, Face, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Farm, Farm Machinery, Fracture, Head, Industrial Truck, Laceration, Lack of Work Procedures, Machine operator, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Motor Vehicle, PIV, Pallet, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Shoulder, Skull, Work Surface

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			1	18

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1452275.015	39	M	Hospitalized injury		Mixing and blending machine operators	Distance of Fall: 6 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 6 feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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