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Accident Summary Nr: 128559.015 - Employee incurs multiple injuries in fall from container

Accident Summary Nr: 128559.015 -- Report ID: 0521700 -- Event Date: 08/10/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1487868.015	08/11/2020		336399	Cosmos Manufacturing, Inc.

Abstract: At 1:50 p.m. on August 10, 2020, an employee (Production Operator) was spray painting the ceiling and upper walls of a dock area. The employee reached the area by standing on a Buckhorn Folding Bulk Shipping Container elevated by a Daewoo Model BC25 SE-2 Forklift Powered Industrial Truck (PIT). Part of the lower frame was missing from the container and and one of the forks on the PIT slid to the center causing the container to be off center. As a result, the employee lost his balance and fell approximately 9 feet to the concrete dock surface below. The employee incurred multiple injuries including broken ribs, fractures and a concussion and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Abrasion, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Chest, Concrete Floor, Concussion, Container, Contusion, Dock, Elevated Work Plat, Elevated Work Platform, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Forks, Fracture, Head, Industrial Truck, Loading Dock, Lost Balance, Material Handling, Metal container, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Rib, Spray Painting, Training, Uneven, Work Surface

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1487868.015	45	M	Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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