OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221385461
INDUSTRIAL WATER SERVICE INC.
FILLMORE, CA·
Event description
Employee slips on wet lift gate and sustains head injury
Investigation abstract
At 10:00 a.m. on May 27, 2021, Employee #1, a delivery driver, was servicing a customer location and had just changed out one tank used for a water treatment system. After loading the used tank onto the truck using a lift gate, he slipped on the wet metal surface of the ramp and fell less than 4 feet to the ground, landing on his feet but striking his head on the metal ramp during the fall. He sustained an intracerebral hemorrhage on the left inferior frontal lobe and was hospitalized for treatment.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 34 M
- Event type
- 4
- Occupation code
- 806
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