Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202465787 - Employee Falls From High Wooden Box

Accident Summary Nr: 202465787 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 09/24/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310199781	12/27/2007	5193	444220	Jimenez Nursery, Inc.

Abstract: At 3:30 p.m. on September 24, 2007, Employee #1 was seriously injured at Jimenez Nursery, Inc. in Carpinteria, California while removing a stack driver. On the day of the accident Employee #1 had climbed a 48 in. planter to remove a stack by hand. The stack broke and he fell to the ground on top of a stack driver which punctured his spleen. The employer had an operative IIPP, but did not provide inspection or training records upon request. The written procedure for removing stacks was not adhered and no evidence existed that Employee #1 was trained in this procedure. No means to prevent employees from falling was provided.

Keywords: spleen, impaled, fall, fall protection, untrained, puncture

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	310199781			Hospitalized injury	Puncture	Occupation not reported

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