Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 130657.015 - Employee is injured in fall from height while installing sta
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
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1475740.015 | 05/19/2020 | 424480 | Progressive Produce Llc |
Abstract: At 2:00 p.m. on April 17, 2020, Employee #1, with a crew of four coworkers, was tasked with the job of installing a prefabricated stairwell from the potato department's halo platform to the potato department's holding tank catwalk. As the stairwell was being held in position between the platforms by a chain attached to the arm of a boom lift, Employee #1 stepped on the unsecured stairwell to relieve the tension and reposition the chain holding the stairwell. As Employee #1 stepped on the unsecured stairwell, the stairwell slid away from the holding tank catwalk and fell off the halo machine platform with Employee #1 on it. As Employee #1 and the stairwell fell, they hit the conveyor belt directly under the halo machine platform and then landed on the concrete floor. Employee #1 was able to get to his feet after the accident, however the coworkers noticed Employee #1 was excessively bleeding from his left arm and rendered first aid. While first aid was being rendered, the coworkers notified supervisors, who called 911. Employee #1 tore some muscles and punctured the artery in his left arm. He was hospitalized.
Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
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1 | 1475740.015 | 56 | M | Hospitalized injury | Laborers, except construction |