Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170179493 - Employee struck on head by closing steel door of compactor

Accident Summary Nr: 170179493 -- Report ID: 0950645 -- Event Date: 07/14/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119913978	07/21/1992	5311	0	K-Mart

Abstract: At approximately 2:18 p.m. on July 14, 1992, Employee #1 and a coworker, of K-Mart Corporation, were attempting to push a bale of cardboard boxes out of a General Hydraulics vertical compactor. Employee #1 and the coworker were at the back of the compactor. Employee #1 was pushing the bale with his shoulder while the coworker was leaning on the bale and holding open a steel door above their heads. The bale moved, causing the coworker to lose his balance. While starting to fall through the compactor, the coworker lost his grip on the steel door. Employee #1 was struck on the back of his head by the closing steel door. The bale, Employee #1, and the coworker went through the compactor. Employee #1 was taken to Westlake Medical Center where he was treated for a concussion and released.

Keywords: WORK RULES, MANUAL MAT HANDLING, TRASH COMPACTOR, STRUCK BY, CONCUSSION, DOOR

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119913978			Non Hospitalized injury	Concussion	Freight, stock and material handlers, n.e.c.

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