Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 139716.015 - Employee fractures vertebrae in fall from loader bucket

Accident Summary Nr: 139716.015 -- Report ID: 1054113 -- Event Date: 04/12/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1555571.015	04/20/2021	2421	321113	317728632 - Coastal Fibre Inc

Abstract: At 9:00 a.m. on April 12, 2021, an employee working for a sawmill was conducting maintenance on the trailer loader. The employee was working from a Doosan Wheel Loader bucket 16 feet in the air when he fell from the bucket. The employee was hospitalized to treat multiple fractures including to his vertebrae.

Keywords: Back, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Insufficient Supervision, Loader, Loader Bucket, Lumber, Maintenance, Material Handling, Sawmill, Spine, Trailer, Vertebra, Wheel Loader, Wrong Equipment

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1555571.015	60	M	Hospitalized injury		Occupation not reported

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