Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201158185 - Employee is injured when bread rack tips over

Accident Summary Nr: 201158185 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 08/23/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125884478	09/22/2003	2051	311812	Palm Springs Baking Company

Abstract: At about 5:44 a.m. on August 23, 2003, Employee #1, a bread delivery driver with Palm Springs Baking Company, was delivering an aluminum cart full of bakery bread to a Costco store in Palm Springs, CA. After he pushed the cart up a ramp to a motorized roll-up door, an employee inside opened the door, at which time the lip at the bottom of the door caught the bottom of the cart. Employee #1 tried to control the cart but it tipped over and pinned him. He was hospitalized at Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, CA for treatment of cervical injuries.

Keywords: RAMP, PINNED, DRIVER, STRUCK BY, SLOPING, DOOR, CART

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125884478			Hospitalized injury	Other	Truck drivers, light

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