Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 133663.015 - Employee collapses, later dies

Accident Summary Nr: 133663.015 -- Report ID: 0215000 -- Event Date: 02/22/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1516985.015	03/01/2021		491110	U.S. Postal Service

Abstract: At 4:15 a.m. on February 22, 2021, an employee was using a Toyota Electric Towing Tractor (a "Tugger") in the mail distribution center. The employee stepped off the Tugger and started to walk away when he collapsed and fell backwards hitting the concrete floor. The employee was taken to local hospital, where he died.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Concrete, Driver, Equipment Operator, Fall, Industrial Truck, Material Handling, Medical Condition, Medical History, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Tractor, Underlying Medical Condition, Walking Surface

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1516985.015	71	M	Fatality		Mail preparing & paper handling machine operators

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