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Accident: 33095.015 - Employee Falls From Ladder And Later Dies.

Accident: 33095.015 -- Report ID: 0522500 -- Event Date: 10/06/2012
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
525980.01507/17/2012Par Golf Group, Inc.
At approximately 12:30 p.m. on July 12, 2012, Employee #1, a grounds keeper at a golf course, was working alone. He placed a ladder in the back of his pickup truck and used a chainsaw to trim tree branches. The truck was full of golf cart parts. The ladder slipped and Employee #1 fell towards the cab of the truck, striking it. He suffered a broken neck, collapsed lung, punctured aorta and a laceration to his head. Employee #1 was hospitalized and later died October 6, 2012.
Keywords: caught in, ladder, lung, neck, head, fall, struck by, struck against, chain saw
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 525980.015 52 M Fatality Puncture Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm

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