Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 156743.015 - Employee sustains head injury in fall from dock, later dies

Accident Summary Nr: 156743.015 -- Report ID: 0522000 -- Event Date: 05/25/2023
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1673488.015	05/26/2023		423850	Tobu Corp

Abstract: At 7:00 p.m. on May 25, 2023, an employee working as a truck driver for a wholesale supplier was getting ready to load a truck. The employee fell approximately four feet from the ledge of the dock area to the concrete floor below sustaining a skull fracture and intracerebral bleeding. The employee died as a result of his injuries two days later.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Brain Bleed, Concrete Floor, Contusion, Dock, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fracture, Loading, Loading Dock, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Skull, Truck Driver, Warehouse, Work Surface

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1673488.015	54	M	Fatality		Truck drivers, light

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