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Accident: 117196.015 - Employee Sprains Back In Fall From Mobile Platform

Accident: 117196.015 -- Report ID: 0552652 -- Event Date: 10/31/2018
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
1407057.01506/13/2019Grand Traverse Container
At 12:15 p.m. on October 31, 2018, an employee was adjusting the folding fins of a cardboard box conveyor. As the employee was adjusting the fins, a coworker sp oke to him which distracted him enough to cause him to lose his balance and fall from the 40 inch mobile platform to the floor, resulting in a back sprain. Hos pitalization was not required.
Keywords: back, conveyor belt, elevated work platform, fall, lost balance, sprain
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 1407057.015 55 M Non Hospitalized injury Welders and cutters

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