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Accident Summary Nr: 130804.015 - Employee sustained spine injuries in UTV and truck collision

Accident Summary Nr: 130804.015 -- Report ID: 0317500 -- Event Date: 10/22/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1500386.015	10/29/2020		621511	Lampire Biological Laboratories

Abstract: At 2:00 p.m. on October 22, 2020, an employee working as a biological technician for a medical laboratory was driving a utility vehicle (UTV) on a farm road that had limited view due to corn height on both sides. The employee collided with a pickup truck travelling on the same road. The employee and a coworker (passenger) in the UTV were not wearing seat belts. The UTV collided on the driver's sides of both vehicles. The UTV was over the "centerline" and cutting a bend short. The employee was thrown forward and back in the seat sustaining a spinal injury. The employee was hospitalized to treat deep contusions to his spine at C2, C3 and C4 resulting in incomplete quadriplegic paralysis.

Keywords: ATV, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Collision, Contusion, Driving, Farm, Farm Machinery, Laboratory, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Motor Vehicle, Pickup Truck, Road, Safety Device, Seat Belt, Spine, Struck Against, Technician, Truck Driver, Vertebra

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1500386.015	41	M	Hospitalized injury		Biological technicians

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