Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202509683 - Employee Suffers Head Injures in Fall on Energized Track

Accident Summary Nr: 202509683 -- Report ID: 0950622 -- Event Date: 11/29/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314337940	01/04/2013	5099	425120	Meyer Corporation, U.S.

Abstract: On November 29, 2012, Employee #1 was responding a coworker's request for assistance to clear a jammed plastic pallet from a conveyor. The employee climbed onto the energized track and fell from the end of the conveyor. Employee #1 was struck by a robotic sorting transfer vehicle (STV) that moved palletized products via an automated storage retrieval system. The employee was transported to an area hospital, where he was treated a fracture and lacerations to the head, face, neck and left scapula. Employee #1 was hospitalized for four days.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, ROBOT, VEHICLE, JAMMED, LACERATION, CONVEYOR, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC, FALL, STRUCK BY

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	314337940			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Specified mechanics and repairers

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