Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221385461

INDUSTRIAL WATER SERVICE INC.

Event
Brain, Head, Hemorrhage, Lift, Liftgate, Slip, Slippery Surface, Struck Against, Struck By, Traumatic Brain Injury
NAICS
488390
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#345498299
Employer profile
INDUSTRIAL WATER SERVICE INC.
Summary number
221385461
Report ID
0950643

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

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 34 M

    Event type
    4
    Occupation code
    806

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