Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201059045 - Employee fractures arm when he slips and falls from a ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 201059045 -- Report ID: 0950642 -- Event Date: 09/17/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307162719	09/27/2004	2032	311422	Sonora Mills Foods, Inc

Abstract: At approximately 2:21 p.m. on September 17, 2004, Employee #1, a leadman, was assigned to deposit cardboard into a recycling dumpster at the rear of the building. A coworker brought the cardboard on a forklift and raised the bucket at the edge of the dumpster, 10 ft high. Employee #1 climbed a metal ladder attached to the dumpster and emptied the bucket. As Employee #1 climbed back down the ladder, he slipped, loosing his footing, and fell. He grabbed the bucket trying to break his fall, causing it to tip and fall with him. He landed on the concrete, and the basket fell on his left arm. He was hospitalized with a fractured upper arm.

Keywords: FRACTURE, LADDER, SLIP, STRUCK AGAINST, DUMPSTER, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, FALL, ARM, LOST BALANCE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	307162719			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Supervisors; handlers,equip-cleaners,laborers nec

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