Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 156796.015 - Employee injures head in fall from pulling wrap, later dies

Accident Summary Nr: 156796.015 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 05/31/2023
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1673886.015	05/31/2023		325411	Alternative Laboratories, Llc

Abstract: At 3:30 a.m. on May 26, 2023, an employee working as a supervisor for a medicinal and botanical laboratory was unwrapping a palletized load of dirty trays that they received to be washed. The employee began unwrapping the load from the ground level. The employee started cutting the plastic wrap from the pallet and then started manually pulling on them. The wrap suddenly broke as he pulled, and he fell back striking the back of his head onto the concrete ground. The employee sustained some redness and bruising to the back of his head and was hospitalized. On May 31, 2023, the employee died due to his injuries.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Concrete Floor, Contusion, Fall, Fall On Same Level, Head, Laboratory, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pallet, Palletized Cargo, Pulling, Supervisor

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1673886.015	57	M	Fatality		Supervisors; handlers,equip-cleaners,laborers nec

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