Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 125219.015 - Employee suffers traumatic head injury in fall from forklift

Accident Summary Nr: 125219.015 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 02/07/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1465721.015	02/26/2020		454112	1 Cent Auction

Abstract: At 7:50 p.m. on February 7, 2020, an employee was dumping trash into a dumpster using a Unicarriers forklift and was standing on the edge rail on top of the dumpster to push the trash into the container. The employee started descending using the forklift's mast when he fell to the ground. Coworkers heard a noise and went to see what it was and found the employee on the ground by the forklift in a pool of blood. The employee was rushed to the hospital to treat a traumatic brain injury and was in a comma for more than a week.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Climbing, Descending, Dumpster, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Forklift, Head, Mast, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Trash Bin, Traumatic Brain Injury

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1465721.015	42	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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