Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 957670 - Employee's leg severely cut in fall into opening

Accident Summary Nr: 957670 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 04/28/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
112039094	06/01/1992	7361	0	Thomas Temporaries

Abstract: At approximately 12:10 a.m. on April 28, 1992, Employee #1, of Thomas Temporaries, was working from the second level of pick-to-belt module #3, 9 ft 6 in. above the floor of the warehouse. Employee #1 was placing stickers on cardboard boxes on a pallet. He stood on a wooden pallet to reach the boxes on the back side of the pallet but lost his balance. Employee #1's right foot and leg fell into a space between pallet positions, a 4 3/4 in. by 49 in. opening in the metal frame of the module structure. His right leg suffered a severed median collateral ligament and cartilage damage. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: SEVERED, WAREHOUSE, WORK RULES, LACERATION, FALL, PALLET, LOST BALANCE, LEG, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	112039094			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Occupation not reported

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