Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 300857232 - Employee injured in fall from industrial truck

Accident Summary Nr: 300857232 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 03/17/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300857232	03/27/2002	5251	0	The Home Depot

Abstract: At approximately 6:40 a.m. on March 17, 2002, Employee #1, a sales associate employed by Home Depot Inc., was placing trash into a roll-off dumpster located in a fenced-off storage area adjacent to the employer's retail sales facility when he fell and sustained a head injury. The trash and debris had been placed on a lumber cart and was elevated by a high-reach industrial truck along side the roll-off dumpster. The employee was transported by emergency services to the Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in Colton and subsequently transferred to the Loma Linda University Medical Center in Loma Linda where he was treated and hospitalized for 17 days.

Keywords: HEAD, DUMPSTER, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, FALL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300857232			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Sales workers, hardware and building supplies

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