Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170060180 - Employee fractures vertebrae in fall from compactor

Accident Summary Nr: 170060180 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 10/05/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125269159	10/05/1995	9999	0	County Of Bladen

Abstract: Employee #1 was working on top of a landfill trash compactor repairing the push plate retraction servo-cylinder. He lost his footing on the slippery walking surface and fell backward. His feet became entangled in the hydraulic service lines atop the vehicle. Employee #1 fell head first 8 ft 10 in. and suffered compressed fractures of four vertebrae in his lower neck and upper back.

Keywords: FRACTURE, REPAIR, BACK, LANDFILL, TRASH COMPACTOR, FALL, SLIPPERY SURFACE, ENTANGLED, LOST BALANCE, VERTEBRA

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125269159			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Milling and planing machine operators

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