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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 NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
1555646.01506/28/2021561730Hunter 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

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