Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 139576.015 - Employee falls from back of flatbed truck and incurs multipl

Accident Summary Nr: 139576.015 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 04/16/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1554102.015	09/22/2021		423510	Alaskan Copper Companies, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 10:30 a.m. on April 16, 2021, an employee was unloading materials from the back of a flatbed truck at a customer's site. The employee, a delivery driver for a wholesale metal parts supplier, stepped backward and fell off the truck bed, which was approximately 52 inches high and lacked guardrails. The employee sustained blunt force trauma to the head, a concussion, and abrasions upon impact with the ground. The employee was hospitalized for treatment.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Concussion, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Flatbed Trailer, Flatbed Truck, Ground, Head

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1554102.015	51	M	Hospitalized injury		Truck drivers, heavy

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