Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170206718 - Employee pulls muscle in fall from conveyor rollers

Accident Summary Nr: 170206718 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 09/20/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111839171	10/11/1991	4215	0	United Parcel Service

Abstract: Employee #1, of United Parcel Service, was unloading packages and boxes from a trailer, placing them on a roller type conveyor inside the trailer, and pushing them down the conveyor onto a belt conveyor at the end of the trailer. The belt conveyor transported the packages and boxes into a building for sorting. One of the boxes fell off the rollers as it was going onto the belt conveyor and lodged between several other boxes and the conveyor's rollers. Employee #1 went to the end of the trailer, placed his left foot on the rollers and his right foot on a shelf, and attempted to dislodge the box; however, his left foot slipped on the rollers and he fell. Employee #1 pulled a muscle and bruised his left leg.

Keywords: STUCK, BELT CONVEYOR, SLIP, ROLLER--MACH/PART, FALL, OFF LOADING, CONTUSION, FOOT, LEG, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111839171			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported

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