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Accident Summary Nr: 202509907 - Employee Fractures Ribs and Vertebrae in Fall from Truck

Accident Summary Nr: 202509907 -- Report ID: 0950622 -- Event Date: 04/29/2013
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
31681759205/29/20134213484122Rich Doss, Inc.

Abstract: On April 29, 2013, Employee #1 was a passenger in a company truck, delivering materials to a customer. The employee was attempting to reposition a pelleted load of 4 in. thick steel plate by pulling on one of the metal bands that was securing the bundle. The metal band broke and the employee lost balance, and fell from the truck bed to the ground. Employee #1 was taken to an area hospital, where he was treated for fractured vertebrae and fractured ribs. The employee was hospitalized for three days.

Keywords: DELIVERY WORK, STEEL PLATE, FRACTURE, TRUCK, RIB, FALL, PALLET, LOST BALANCE, VERTEBRA

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation
1 316817592 Hospitalized injury Fracture Truck drivers, heavy

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