OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #997353
ELI LILLY
CLINTON, IN·
Event description
EMPLOYEE INJURED IN FALL FROM TANK TRAILER
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 CLEANED THE INSIDE OF A TANK TRAILER, THEN HOOKED UP NITROGEN TO DRY IT. AT APPROXIMATELY 3:30 AM HE WENT, ALONE, TO THE CLEANING SITE TO CHECK ON T HE PROCESS. HE WAS LATER FOUND UNCONSCIOUS ON THE GROUND BY ANOTHER EMPLOYEE. DO CTORS DETERMINED THAT HIS COMATOSE STATE WAS DUE TO A FALL FROM A SIGNIFICANT HE IGHT. IT IS BELIEVED THAT HE FELL, FOR UNKNOWN REASONS, FROM THE STATIONARY LADD ER ON THE TANK TRAILER.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 52 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 235
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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