Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202489100 - Employee Is Injured When Struck by Cardboard Container

Accident Summary Nr: 202489100 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 03/30/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311869283	04/27/2009	7363	561320	Rush Personnel Services, Inc

Abstract: At approximately 9:10 a.m. on March 30, 2009, Employee #1 was unloading folded cardboard boxes from a flatbed trailer at a rice processing plant. There were sustained winds of approximately 20 to 25 mph that day. A box blew off the trailer, struck Employee #1's head, and knocked him over backwards onto a concrete surface. He was hospitalized for a fracture skull and brain swelling.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, HIGH WIND, SKULL, OFF LOADING, STRUCK BY, CONCUSSION, FLYING OBJECT, TRAILER, BRAIN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	311869283			Hospitalized injury	Concussion	Machinery maintenance occupations

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