Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 160771.015 - Employee is killed in fall from mezzanine to concrete floor

Accident Summary Nr: 160771.015 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 10/14/2023
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1703461.015	10/16/2023		311919	Saratoga Potato Chips, Llc

Abstract: At 8:30 a.m. on October 14, 2023, an employee working as a janitor for a snack foods manufacturer was walking down a mezzanine. The employee was moving a 55-gallon trash can to get scale buckets from a piece of equipment for cleaning. As the employee was walking, the trash can struck the employee, causing her to bounce off a piece of equipment and towards an unguarded section of the mezzanine. The employee fell about 8-feet to the concrete surface below and died.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Cleaning, Concrete Floor, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Food processing, Guardrail, Head, Janitor, Unguarded, Walking Surface, Work Surface

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1703461.015	54	F	Fatality		Janitors and cleaners

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