Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 129789.015 - Employee fractures spine and ribs in fall into open pit

Accident Summary Nr: 129789.015 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 09/16/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1494423.015	09/24/2020		112310	Fremont Farms Of Iowa Llp

Abstract: At 1:15 p.m. on September 16, 2020, an employee working as an animal caretaker for a farm was standing near the open hatchway in the floor. Employee backed up and fell through the opening landing approximately 8 feet to the concrete floor. The employee fractured her L1 disk, her transverse L1 through L5 disks and the first through seventh left side ribs and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Agriculture, Animal Handler, Back, Backing Up, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Chest, Concrete Floor, Farm, Farm worker, Floor Opening, Fracture, Hatch, Lack of Work Procedures, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Rib, Spine, Unguarded, Unguarded Fl Opening, Vertebra

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1494423.015	41	F	Hospitalized injury		Animal caretakers, except farm

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