Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 135489.015 - Employee lacerates hand when freeing defective truck lift ga

Accident Summary Nr: 135489.015 -- Report ID: 0950611 -- Event Date: 12/01/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1505805.015	12/08/2020		624210	San Francisco Marin Food Bank

Abstract: At 9:40 a.m. on December 1, 2020, an employee working as a delivery truck driver for a city food bank was delivering food to one of 307 pantries that the bank services. The employee was lowering the Maxon Railift liftgate on the back of the truck when the gate became stuck. The employee used his hand to dislodge the lift gate while a coworker operated the controls. The lift gate swung open and struck the employee on his right hand. The employee sustained a deep laceration to his right hand and required medical treatment without hospitalization.

Keywords: Defect, Defective, Defective Equipment, Delivery Work, Driver, Hand, Laceration, Liftgate, Malfunction, Material Handling, Mech Malfunction, Medical Attention, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Struck By, Truck Driver, Unsafe Position

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1505805.015	65	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Truck drivers, light

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