Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 135574.015 - Employee fractures and lacerates jaw when struck by metal ba

Accident Summary Nr: 135574.015 -- Report ID: 0950624 -- Event Date: 04/20/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1530638.015	05/13/2021		561320	Kcm Technical, Inc.

Abstract: At 1:00 p.m. on April 20, 2021, an employee working as a laborer for a temporary staffing service was attempting to raise a dock plate on door #58. The employee was using an approximate 4.5-foot-long metal bar which she placed into the raising sleeve of the dock plate. The metal bar slipped out of the sleeve and struck the employee in the jaw. The employee was hospitalized to treat lacerations and fractures to her jaw.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Dock, Dock Plate, Face, Flying Object, Fracture, Hand Tool, Jaw, Laborer, Laceration, Loading Dock, Metal Bar, Raised, Slip, Slippery Surface, Staffing Agency, Struck By, Temporary, Temporary Employment Agency, Temporary Worker

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1530638.015	41	F	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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