Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 139813.015 - Employee sustains multiple injuries in fall from trailer

Accident Summary Nr: 139813.015 -- Report ID: 0524500 -- Event Date: 10/01/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1556032.015	10/04/2021		424510	Effingham Equity

Abstract: At 1:50 p.m. on October 1, 2021, an employee was working on top of a trailer during the transfer of feed from one trailer to another. The employee lost his balance and fell off of the trailer to the pavement below. The employee sustained lacerations to his head, non-surgical fractures to his T-11 and T-12 vertebrae and a torn rotator cuff, requiring hospitalization.

Keywords: Agriculture, Agriculture Machinery/Vehicle, Back, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Grain, Head, Laceration, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pavement, Shoulder, Trailer, Vertebra, Work Surface

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1556032.015	60	M	Hospitalized injury		Truck Driver: Heavy/Tractor-Trailer

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