Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201053501 - Employee injured in fall when loading ramp moves

Accident Summary Nr: 201053501 -- Report ID: 0950642 -- Event Date: 02/07/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126071307	02/25/2000	4222	0	U S Growers Cold Storage Inc

Abstract: At approximately 2:20 p.m. on February 7, 2000, Employee #1 was operating a motorized pallet jack between a rail car and the loading dock when the loading ramp he was on slid off the dock and fell into the gap between the dock and the rail car. He suffered blunt force trauma, for which he was hospitalized. The ramp had not been secured in place.

Keywords: LOADING, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, LOADING RAMP, FALL, MECH MAT HANDLING, WALK-BEHIND FORKLIFT, CONTUSION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126071307			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Truck drivers, light

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