Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 111962.015 - Employee strikes storage rack while falling from ladder and

Accident Summary Nr: 111962.015 -- Report ID: 0418600 -- Event Date: 12/18/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1367229.015	12/18/2018		332313	Metals Usa Plates And Shapes Southeast, Inc.

Abstract: At 12:30 a.m. on December 18, 2018, an employee and coworker were loading metal products onto a flatbed trailer. The employee was working from the trailer bed while his coworker was on the ground and he went to leave the trailer by climbing down the portable metal ladder attached to the rub rail. The employee had climbed down 2 or 3 steps and fell from the ladder, striking the metal storage rack alongside the trailer. The employee was transported to the local hospital, where he later died from blunt force trauma to his head.

Keywords: Fall, Head, Ladder, Storage Rack, Struck Against, Trailer

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1367229.015	49	M	Fatality		Crane Operator

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