Accident Report Detail
Accident: 202529764 - Employee Fractures Leg After Cart Tips Over Onto Leg
Accident: 202529764 -- Report ID: 0950635 -- Event Date: 06/08/2009 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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309913473 | 06/30/2009 | 8069 | Kaiser Permanente | ||||
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
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 309913473 | Hospitalized injury | Fracture | Operating engineers |