Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 144100.015 - Employee wrapping pallet breaks ribs, falls from loading ram

Accident Summary Nr: 144100.015 -- Report ID: 0950635 -- Event Date: 09/08/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1556214.015	09/22/2021		561330	Jd Koi Llc

Abstract: At 8:30 a.m. on September 8, 2021, an employee who is employed by a staffing service was working as a laborer at a logistics and warehouse site. The employee was manually wrapping a pallet working with a handheld roll of saran wrap. The employee was wearing PPE which included a reflective vest. The employee was standing near the edge of the dock on the retractable loading ramp while performing his work. When a truck pulled away, the loading ramp retracted, and the employee stepped onto a surface that was no longer there. The employee fell striking the dock bumper and the concrete pavement below as a result. He was hospitalized to treat three broken ribs.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broken Bone, Chest, Concrete Pavement, Contusion, Dock, Dock Plate, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fracture, Injury Illness Prevention Program, Insufficient Supervision, Laborer, Loading Dock, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Motor Vehicle, Pallet, Palletized Cargo, Plastic, Rib, Staffing Agency, Temporary, Temporary Employment Agency, Temporary Worker, Truck, Unsafe Position, Walking Surface, Warehouse, Work Surface, Wrapping

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1556214.015	68	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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