Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 140324.015 - Employee injures head and shoulders in fall from truck bed

Accident Summary Nr: 140324.015 -- Report ID: 0950644 -- Event Date: 04/23/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1555646.015	06/28/2021		561730	Hunter Landscape, Inc.

Abstract: At 1:30 p.m. on April 23, 2021, an employee working for a landscaping company was standing on piles of bagged vegetation trimmings in the bed of a truck. The employee was working near the side of the bed pulling on a rope to tighten it when he lost his balance and fell. The employee tumbled over the side of the truck bed striking his head and shoulders on the ground. The employee was hospitalized to treat head trauma and injuries to his shoulder area.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Engineering Controls, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Ground, Guardrail, Head, Injury Illness Prevention Program, Lack of Engineering Controls, Landscaper, Landscaping, Lost Balance, Pulling, Shoulder, Truck, Unsafe Position, Unstable Position, Unstable Surface, Work Surface

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1555646.015	56	M	Hospitalized injury

Thank You for Visiting Our Website

You are exiting the Department of Labor's Web server.

The Department of Labor does not endorse, takes no responsibility for, and exercises no control over the linked organization or its views, or contents, nor does it vouch for the accuracy or accessibility of the information contained on the destination server. The Department of Labor also cannot authorize the use of copyrighted materials contained in linked Web sites. Users must request such authorization from the sponsor of the linked Web site. Thank you for visiting our site. Please click the button below to continue.