Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 997353 - EMPLOYEE INJURED IN FALL FROM TANK TRAILER

Accident Summary Nr: 997353 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 11/06/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104006663	01/20/1988	2834	0	Eli Lilly

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 CLEANED THE INSIDE OF A TANK TRAILER, THEN HOOKED UP NITROGEN TO DRY IT. AT APPROXIMATELY 3:30 AM HE WENT, ALONE, TO THE CLEANING SITE TO CHECK ON THE PROCESS. HE WAS LATER FOUND UNCONSCIOUS ON THE GROUND BY ANOTHER EMPLOYEE. DOCTORS DETERMINED THAT HIS COMATOSE STATE WAS DUE TO A FALL FROM A SIGNIFICANT HEIGHT. IT IS BELIEVED THAT HE FELL, FOR UNKNOWN REASONS, FROM THE STATIONARY LADDER ON THE TANK TRAILER.

Keywords: UNCONSCIOUSNESS, LADDER, FIXED LADDER, FALL, TRACTOR TRAILER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104006663			Hospitalized injury	Concussion	Technicians, n.e.c.

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