Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201024726 - Employee Suffers Leg Fractures When Food Cart Falls

Accident Summary Nr: 201024726 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 06/28/2013
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
315830570	07/03/2013	9451	923140	California Dept. Of Veterans Affairs- Yountville

Abstract: At approximately 5:50 a.m. on June 28, 2013, Employee #1, a food services technician, was moving a food cart from a refrigerated truck to a walk in refrigerator. While the employee was pulling the food cart it fell toward her and onto her lower legs. Employee #1 was transported by ambulance to the Queen of the Valley hospital, and was later transferred to Kaiser Vallejo, where she received treatment for fractures to her lower back, a hematoma on a nerve in her back and soft tissue damage on her feet. Employee #1 was hospitalized for nineteen days.

Keywords: FRACTURE, FOOD PREPARATION, REFRIGERANT, FALL, REFRIGERATOR, CART, FOOT, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	315830570			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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