Accident Report Detail
Accident: 143044.015 - Employee Injures Head When Struck By Ratchet
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name |
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1574251.015 | 01/25/2022 | Menards Inc. |
At 10:10 p.m. on January 10, 2022, an employee was adjusting a powered overhead door that wasn't raising properly. The employee was working on a high tension sp ring on the door from an elevated personnel basket. As the employee was loosenin g the second set screw, the spring began to unwind causing the fabricated windin g bar to fall out of the collar socket. The energy stored in the spring released resulting in the employee's ratchet striking him in the head. The employee was hospitalized to treat a fractured skull and brain bleeding.
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation |
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1 | 1574251.015 | 28 | M | Non Hospitalized injury | Machinery maintenance occupations |