Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201053204 - Employee's spinal cord fractured when heavy load falls

Accident Summary Nr: 201053204 -- Report ID: 0950642 -- Event Date: 10/07/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126070556	10/28/1999	3552	0	Pacific Continental Textiles Inc

Abstract: At approximately 8:00 a.m. on October 7, 1999, Employee #1 along with another worker and a truck driver were unloading carts of textile rolls off a truck. Apparently each had been working individually, although unloading carts in pairs has been done. While pulling the third cart out of the truck, the 800 pound cart tilted on the loading dock ramp and fell onto Employee #1. Employee #1 was hospitalized with a fractured thoracic spinal cord.

Keywords: FRACTURE, SPINE, PINNED, CRUSHED, TRUCK, STRUCK BY

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126070556			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Freight, stock and material handlers, n.e.c.

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