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Accident: 146021.015 - Employee Dies Due To Head Injury In Fall On Same Level
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1594360.015 | 05/06/2022 | U.S. Postal Service |
At 11:00 p.m. on December 23, 2021, an employee was cleaning a slat sorter machi ne when he fell to the ground. The employee had struck his head on the concrete floor when he fell on the same level. A coworker found the employee approximat ely five minutes later laying on the ground unconscious with a head injury. The employee was hospitalized for three days and died on December 26, 2021, from inj uries sustained in the fall.
Keywords:
blunt force, blunt force trauma, cleaning, concussion, fall, fall on same level, head, machine operator, struck against, unconsciousness
| Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1594360.015 | 56 | M | Hospitalized injury |