OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221457641

CONSTANT FORCE, LLC

TRACY, CA· 2022-01-19T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Brain, Chest, Communication, Crate, Delivery Work, Dislocated, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fracture, Head, Hoisting Mechanism, Lung, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Puncture, Puncture Wound, Rib, Shoulder, Trailer, Truck Driver, Unloading, Walking Backward
NAICS: 541614
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345777098
Employer profile: CONSTANT FORCE, LLC
Summary number: 221457641
Report ID: 0950624

Event description

Employee incurs multiple injuries in fall from truck

Investigation abstract

On January 19, 2022, an employee and a coworker were unloading freight from a box truck. The employee was preparing the next crate for unloading, and was pulling on the crate walking backwards. The employee thought the lift gate was up but his coworker had lowered it. The employee got too close to the edge of the trailer and fell approximately 4 feet to the metal gate below. The employee incurred brain trauma, a fractured left rib, a punctured lung, and dislocated his left shoulder, requiring hospitalization.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 68 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
804

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