Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201110293 - Employee's toes fractured when tank falls on foot

Accident Summary Nr: 201110293 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 01/16/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
112177068	01/23/1997	2834	0	Banner Pharmacaps

Abstract: On January 16, 1997, Employee #1, a compounder with Banner Pharmacaps, was hoisting an approximately 440 lb mixing tank that needed to be cleaned and to have a drain valves installed on the bottom. He attached the hoist hook to a lifting "ear" on one side of the tank to tilt it, but the tank became disengaged and fell on his foot, fracturing three toes. Employee #1 was taken to Encino/Tarzana Medical Center for emergency treatment, and subsequently underwent surgery. At the time of the accident, this method of tilting tanks with a hoist hook was a common practice.

Keywords: ATTACHMENT HOOK, FRACTURE, UNSECURED, HOIST, FALL, STRUCK BY, TOE, TANK, FOOT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	112177068			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Mixing and blending machine operators

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