Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201859105 - Fall

Accident Summary Nr: 201859105 -- Report ID: 0452110 -- Event Date: 02/23/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310576061	02/23/2007	5153	424510	Hopkinsville Elevator Co., Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 7:10 a.m. on February 23, 2007, Employee #1 was on an approximately 9-ft high grain elevator platform, loading a grain truck. Employee #1 fell over the standard guardrail to the concrete surface below and was killed. The autopsy determined that Employee #1's death was from heart disease and a heart attack (primarily) and lung carcinoma ( secondary), which caused the employee to topple over or under the side of the platform which had a standard railing.

Keywords: HEART, GUARDRAIL, HEART ATTACK, CARDIOVASC DISEASE, FALL, GRAIN ELEVATOR

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	310576061			Fatality	Other	Laborers, except construction

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