Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201763828 - Employee Is Killed When Bike Falls Off Loading Dock

Accident Summary Nr: 201763828 -- Report ID: 0626600 -- Event Date: 03/24/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
315334839	03/30/2011	5261	444220	Timberline Nursery Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 8:30 p.m. on March 24, 2011, Employee #1, a nursery worker, was at a distribution facility's loading dock. After Employee #1 left the dock to go to the restroom, his work crew left for the greenhouses to select product for the next work day. Employee #1's supervisor left word for him to join the crew as soon as possible. Upon his return to the dock, Employee #1 retrieved a bicycle to meet his crew. He apparently rode the bike off the dock and fell 4 ft. Employee #1 was found the next day dead of blunt force head trauma.

Keywords: HEAD, DOCK, NURSERY, RIDING ON EQUIPMENT, CONCUSSION, LOADING DOCK

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	315334839			Fatality	Concussion	Nursery workers

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