Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 139872.015 - Employee fractures ribs, sustains bruises in fall from truck

Accident Summary Nr: 139872.015 -- Report ID: 0317700 -- Event Date: 09/13/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1556351.015	10/06/2021		722310	American Food & Vending

Abstract: At 12:30 p.m. on September 13, 2021, an employee working as a sales driver for a food service contractor had finished with a delivery and was exiting the rear of his truck. The employee caught his foot on a cart in the rear of the truck causing him to lose his balance and fall to the pavement. The employee fractured five ribs and bruised his leg and chest. The employee was hospitalized for treatment.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Cart, Caught In, Chest, Contusion, Delivery Work, Driver, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Food Delivery Service, Food service, Fracture, Leg, Lost Balance, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Motor Vehicle, Pavement, Rib, Sales, Sales Representative, Tripped, Truck, Walking Surface, Work Surface

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1556351.015	57	M	Hospitalized injury		Driver-sales workers

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