Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201174828 - Employee injured after falling off pallet jack

Accident Summary Nr: 201174828 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 12/04/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125716795	01/13/2004	4213	484230	Ozark Trucking Inc.

Abstract: On December 4, 2003, Employee #1, a truck driver from Ozark Trucking Incorporated, located in Sacramento, California, was preparing a tractor trailer rig for delivery at the facility warehouse. Using a motorized pallet jack, Employee #1 exited the trailer several times prior to the accident. While exiting the trailer, the pallet jack struck a metal strip at the end of the trailer that also ran the width of the trailer. Employee #1 fell off the pallet jack. Another employee who was working in the immediate area heard a metal on metal sound and looked up. He saw Employee #1 flying out the back end of the trailer and striking his head on the warehouse floor. Employee #1 was unconscious at the scene. The Sacramento City Fire Department transported Employee #1 to the University of California Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, California. Employee #1 fell into a coma as a result of the head trauma and was hospitalized.

Keywords: DELIVERY WORK, HEAD, WAREHOUSE, PALLET, STRUCK BY, TRACTOR TRAILER, JACK, TRUCK DRIVER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125716795			Hospitalized injury	Other	Truck drivers, light

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