Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 135074.015 - Employee sustains multiple trauma in fall to concrete floor

Accident Summary Nr: 135074.015 -- Report ID: 0950612 -- Event Date: 04/20/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1526992.015	04/23/2021		336111	Tesla, Inc.

Abstract: At 6:04 p.m. on April 20, 2021, an employee working for a car manufacturer was crossing the front sub-frame assembly line while it was in operation. The employee tripped and lunged forward falling onto the concrete floor face first. The employee got up on his own and went to the restroom to clean himself up due to a bloody nose. The lead noticed the employee had not returned to work and went to the restroom finding the employee unconscious on his back on the restroom floor. Drugs and alcohol were found in the employee's system. The employee was transported to the hospital after which he was transferred to a regional medical center. He was hospitalized with a concussion, a fractured left temporal bone, a contusion to his frontal lobe and a bilateral fracture to his nose.

Keywords: Alcohol, Assembly Line, Automobile, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Brain, Brain Bleed, Broken Bone, Concrete Floor, Concussion, Conveyor, Face, Fall, Fall On Same Level, Floor, Fracture, Head, Injury Illness Prevention Program, Intoxicated, Loss of consciousness, Lost consciousness, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Nose, Skull, Traumatic Brain Injury, Tripped, Unconsciousness, Unresponsive, Walking Surface

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1526992.015	39	M	Hospitalized injury

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