Accident Report Detail

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 138752.015 - Employee Falls While Delivering Produce, Later Dies

**Accident: 138752.015 -- Report ID: 0524200 -- Event Date: 08/29/2021**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1550316.015	08/30/2021		Atom Banana, Inc.

At 10:00 a.m. on July 14, 2021, an employee was delivering produce to a grocery store. The employee unloaded one pallet from the truck using a hand jack and pow ered liftgate. After lifting the gate back up to the truck bed level, the employ ee fell from the back left side of the lift gate platform and onto the concrete ground. The employee was hospitalized to treat fractured ribs, vertebrae, skull, and multiple contusions. The employee died from his injuries six weeks later.

Keywords: concrete, contusion, delivery work, fall, fracture, hydraulic lift, jack, off loading, pallet, rib, skull, vertebra

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	1550316.015	60	M	Fatality		Truck drivers, light

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