Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 143044.015 - Employee injures head when struck by ratchet

Accident Summary Nr: 143044.015 -- Report ID: 0524700 -- Event Date: 01/10/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1574251.015	01/25/2022		493110	Menards Inc.

Abstract: 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 spring on the door from an elevated personnel basket. As the employee was loosening the second set screw, the spring began to unwind causing the fabricated winding 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.

Keywords: Adjust, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Brain, Brain Bleed, Elevated Work Plat, Elevated Work Platform, Fracture, Hand Tool, Head, Overhead Door, Repair, Set Screw, Skull, Struck By, Tension

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1574251.015	28	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Machinery maintenance occupations

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