Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201381365 - Employee Is Injured in Fall from Platform

Accident Summary Nr: 201381365 -- Report ID: 0214500 -- Event Date: 12/14/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314675588	12/15/2010	3089	326199	Compounding Engineering Solutions, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 10:25 p.m. on December 14, 2010, Employee #1, a machine operator, was working alone on the 7-ft-high platform of a 70 mm twin-screw extruder to replace a malfunctioning feeder unit. Rather than move the feeder unit to the loading area of the platform, which had a gate, Employee #1 removed a guard rail to allow a forklift to access the feeder unit. He fell from the platform, struck equipment, and landed on the ground. Employee #1 was hospitalized at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center for fractured teeth. He subsequently had surgery for a shoulder injury sustained in the fall.

Keywords: FRACTURE, GUARDRAIL, REPAIR, SHOULDER, WORK RULES, MACHINE OPERATOR, FALL, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, FACE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	314675588			Hospitalized injury	Other	Extruding and forming machine operators

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