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Accident Summary Nr: 160841.015 - Employee dies from concussion and skull fracture in fall

Accident Summary Nr: 160841.015 -- Report ID: 0552652 -- Event Date: 10/03/2023
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
1704021.01510/12/2023111998Yoder Family Farms Inc

Abstract: At 7:25 a.m. on October 3, 2023, an employee was working as a manager for a crop farm. On October 4, 2023, a coworker (father) found the employee on the ground in a potato storage facility with a head injury. The employee had been working alone. The employer did not know what the employee was doing at the time. The employee may have fallen off the potato piler or been struck by it. The employee was hospitalized on October 4, 2023. At 7:25 a.m. on October 12, 2023, the employee died from his injuries, which included a skull fracture and concussion.

Keywords: Agriculture, Agriculture Machinery/Vehicle, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Concussion, Fall, Falling Object, Farm, Farm Machinery, Farm worker, Fracture, Head, Manager, Skull, Struck Against, Work Surface

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation
1 1704021.015 44 M Fatality Managers, farms, except horticultural

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