Accident Report Detail
Accident: 107902.015 - Employee Dies After Falling And Sustaining Head Injury
Accident: 107902.015 -- Report ID: 0522000 -- Event Date: 05/29/2018 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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1335069.015 | 08/01/2018 | Premier Bandag 5, Inc. | |||||
At 2:45 p.m. on May 29, 2018, an employee was working for a firm that retreaded tires. He was preparing to charge a truck battery. He informed his manager that he was going out to a loading dock to charge the battery. He left the office and walked to the dock. Approximately 15 minutes later, a coworker found him on the ground. The employee had fallen onto a concrete floor, and he had sustained blu nt force trauma. He was unconscious. He had a laceration behind his right ear. H e was transported to the hospital, where he died two days later, on May 31, 2018 . The cause of the fall could not be determined. Blunt force trauma to the head was the cause of his death. | |||||||
Keywords:
automotive repair, head, laceration, loading dock, unconsciousness, walking surface
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 1335069.015 | 57 | M | Fatality | Driver-sales workers |