Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201636222 - Worker Fractures Jaw When Struck by Poly Tote

Accident Summary Nr: 201636222 -- Report ID: 1054111 -- Event Date: 09/13/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310274261	09/15/2006	5171	424710	Tarr Llc

Abstract: At approximately 3:00 p.m. on September 13, 2006, an employee was decanting liquid soap from a 275-gallon poly tote into a 55-gallon plastic barrel. The employee used a forklift to raise the tote approximately five feet above four plastic barrels positioned on a wooden pallet. He dismounted from the forklift and started to attach a hose from the tote to the barrel. The tote slid off the forks of the forklift and struck him in the back of his head. Subsequently, he hit his face on a storage shelf. He sustained multiple fractures to his upper and lower jaws, and was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, POURING, DRUM, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, STORAGE RACK, STRUCK BY, FACE, UNTRAINED, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	310274261			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Laborers, except construction

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