OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221404312

HYTROL CONVEYOR COMPANY, INC.

JONESBORO, AR· 2021-10-15T00:00:00

Event: Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fracture, Heat, Heat Exhaustion, Heat-related illness, Leg, Welder
NAICS: 333922
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345587869
Employer profile: HYTROL CONVEYOR COMPANY, INC.
Summary number: 221404312
Report ID: 0627100

Event description

Employee Fractures Leg In Fall From Loading Dock After Overh

Investigation abstract

At 6:50 p.m. on October 15, 2021, an employee was working as a welder at an loading dock opening and fell approximately 6 feet onto a concrete surface. The employee fractured his right leg and was hospitalized. equipment manufacturing facility when left his work station to cool off at the loading dock. When the employee was at his work station, he stated to his supervisor that he was very hot and needed to cool down. The employee and the supervisor joked together that the air conditioner for was turned off too soon for the season, and the supervisor told the employee to go over to the south loading dock to cool off. The employee told the supervisor that he was not cooling off at the loading dock. When the supervisor was walking towards the employee, the employee leaned over the yellow plastic chain stretched across the

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 51 M

Event type
14

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