Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202529764 - Employee Fractures Leg after Cart Tips over Onto Leg

Accident Summary Nr: 202529764 -- Report ID: 0950635 -- Event Date: 06/08/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309913473	06/30/2009	8069	622110	Kaiser Permanente

Abstract: At approximately 2 p.m. on June 8, 2009, Employee #1, with Kaiser Permanente, was moving oxygen cylinders to a storage shed. He was using a wheeled manual cart to move six (6) empty cylinders from the service manifold. Employee #1 fell backwards while traveling down a ramp, and the rack of cylinders tipped over onto his lower right leg. Employee #1 suffered a fractured lower leg and was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, COMPRESSED GAS, MANUAL MAT HANDLING, FALL, LEG, OVERTURN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	309913473			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Operating engineers

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