Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 134187.015 - Employee bruises back in fall off catwalk to ground

Accident Summary Nr: 134187.015 -- Report ID: 0552652 -- Event Date: 02/07/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1518470.015	02/19/2021		112310	Herbrucks Poultry Ranch

Abstract: At 5:15 p.m. on February 7, 2021, an employee working as a machine maintenance technician for a poultry farm was checking hen cages on a catwalk. The employee was walking backwards when he walked off the catwalk and fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized to treat a bruised back.

Keywords: Back, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Catwalk, Contusion, Elevated, Elevated Work Plat, Elevated Work Platform, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Lighting, Maintenance, Platform, Poor Visibility, Raised platform, Unguarded, Unprotected, Walking Surface, Work Surface

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1518470.015	30	M	Hospitalized injury		Machinery maintenance occupations

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