Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1453189.015 - National Dcp

Inspection Information - Office: Cleveland Area Office

Inspection Nr: 1453189.015

Report ID: 0522300

Date Opened: 12/30/2019

Site Address:
National Dcp
26359 Broadway Ave.
Oakwood Village, OH 44146

Mailing Address:
8794 Independence Parkway, Suite 100, Twinsburg, OH 44087

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:

NAICS: 424490/Other Grocery and Related Products Merchant Wholesalers

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 12/30/2019

Emphasis: L:Fall

Case Closed: 01/06/2020

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	1528190	Yes

Case Status: CLOSED

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 122812.015

Event: 12/18/2019

Employee fractures ribs and elbow in fall from lift gate

At 7:15 a.m. on December 18, 2019, an employee working as a sales driver for a grocery products wholesaler was preparing to unload a delivery. The employee was inside the vehicle walking backwards with a mechanical pallet jack. The employee tried to stop the movement of the jack by turning the wheels 90 degrees, but the pallet continued to move toward the employee. The employee jumped from the liftgate and fell onto the pavement on his face. The employee fractured his ribs and an elbow and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Abdomen, Arm, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Chest, Delivery Work, Elbow, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fracture, Jump, Jumping, Liftgate, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pallet Jack, Pavement, Rib, Truck, Walking Backward

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1453189.015	55	M	Hospitalized injury		Driver-sales workers

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