Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 130133.015 - Employee breaks ribs, injures spleen in fall from mezzanine

Accident Summary Nr: 130133.015 -- Report ID: 1054114 -- Event Date: 05/11/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1496255.015	05/21/2020	4212	484210	317727475 - Bertsch Transfer & Storage Co

Abstract: At 3:00 p.m. on May 11, 2020, an employee working for a furniture delivery service was retrieving boxes from the top of a mezzanine. The employee fell 10 to 12 feet through the mezzanine plywood floor onto a lower-level concrete surface. The employee struck a wall mounted fire extinguisher during the fall. He broke four ribs and injured his spleen. The employee was transported via ambulance to the hospital, where he was admitted.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broken Bone, Chest, Concrete Floor, Delivery Work, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fire Extinguisher, Fracture, Plywood, Rib, Spleen, Struck Against

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1496255.015	19	M	Hospitalized injury		Freight, stock and material handlers, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: 9 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 9 feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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