Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 144030.015 - Employee fractures leg after falling from storage rack

Accident Summary Nr: 144030.015 -- Report ID: 0524500 -- Event Date: 02/15/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1580193.015	02/24/2022		335210	Bunn-O-Matic Corporation

Abstract: At 10:30 a.m. on February 15, 2022, an employee was on the first level of a steel storage rack, approximately six feet above floor level. The rack consisted of wire decking placed between horizontal steel beam frame components. As the employee lowered the upper-level shelf structure to ten feet above floor level, the grating below their feet shifted. The employee fell through grating, approximately 6 feet to the concrete ground below, fracturing his left leg. The employee was hospitalized for treatment, including surgery.

Keywords: Fall From Elevation, Floor Opening, Fracture, Grating, Installing, Leg, Storage Rack

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1580193.015	41	M	Hospitalized injury		Painters, construction and maintenance

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