Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 130799.015 - Employee fractures tibia in fall from truck liftgate

Accident Summary Nr: 130799.015 -- Report ID: 0625400 -- Event Date: 10/08/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1500306.015	10/29/2020		445110	Grocers Supply Inc.

Abstract: At 8:00 a.m. on October 8, 2020, an employee was unloading a pallet from a truck. When he came to the end of the liftgate, he got his foot caught between the safety bar/pallet stop and the manual pallet jack, causing him to fall from the liftgate approximately 4 feet to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured right tibia and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Caught Between, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Foot, Fracture, Liftgate, Pallet, Pallet Jack, Safety Bar, Tibia, Truck, Unloading

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1500306.015	55	M	Hospitalized injury		Truck drivers, light

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