Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 127797.015 - Employee incurs multiple injuries in fall when struck by vap

Accident Summary Nr: 127797.015 -- Report ID: 0626000 -- Event Date: 07/10/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1483585.015	07/14/2020		484230	Grammer Logistics, Inc.

Abstract: At 4:00 p.m. on July 10, 2020, an employee was offloading Isobutane from a pressurized tank trailer. The employee was walking to the liquid line of tank to cap it. When the trailer tank released pressurized vapors striking the employee in the chest. The employee was thrown five feet over an unguarded retaining wall and fell four feet onto metal pipes. The employee was hospitalized to treat a laceration to his head requiring 14 staples and a fracture of the tibia and fibula of the right leg requiring surgery.

Keywords: Compressed Gas, Fall, Fracture, Head, Laceration, Leg, Off Loading, Struck By, Tank Truck, Unguarded

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1483585.015	44	M	Hospitalized injury		Truck drivers, heavy

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