Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 131458.015 - Employee sustains brain injury in fall from rolling ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 131458.015 -- Report ID: 0953220 -- Event Date: 12/02/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1504855.015	12/03/2020		311821	Th Foods, Inc.

Abstract: At 6:55 a.m. on December 2, 2020, an employee working for a food manufacturer was removing burnt dough from the main drive shaft of an industrial cooker. The employee was standing on a steel rolling ladder to access the top panel on the exterior left side of the cooker. This allowed the employee to access to the main drive shaft. The employee used a paddle to remove the dough that built up around the shaft. The employee was pushing on the dough when he lost his footing and fell from the fifth step of the ladder. The employee hit his head on the floor during the fall. He was hospitalized with a traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Brain, Brain Bleed, Cleaning, Concrete Floor, Cooker, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Food processing, Hand Tool, Head, Hemorrhage, Ladder, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Removing, Rolling, Traumatic Brain Injury, Unsafe Position, Unstable Position, Work Surface

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1504855.015	61	M	Hospitalized injury

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