Sysco Food Services

Fall on same level, n.e.c. — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury — WILMINGTON, DELAWARE

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Sysco Food Services in WILMINGTON, DELAWARE
Employer Sysco Food Services Report ID 2015010502
Address 9th and Shipley St, Behind Walgreen's City, State ZIP WILMINGTON, DELAWARE 19801
Event Date January 15, 2015 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury Body Part Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
Event Type Fall on same level, n.e.c. Source of Injury Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
Secondary Source Caps, lids, covers, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 424490 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 39.74000, -75.54000

Incident Narrative

Employee was making a delivery and parked the tractor trailer behind Walgreens at 9th & Shipley. The tractor trailer caught a low hanging wire from overhead poles on the front driver's side corner of the trailer. The driver attempted to remove the wire from the trailer catwalk and then attempted to remove the corner cap from the trailer. The cap came loose suddenly, hit the associate in the face, and he fell flat on the roof of the trailer. He sustained facial and eye injuries, along with spinal injuries, and was admitted to the hospital for treatment.

Incident Summary

On January 15, 2015, a worker at Sysco Food Services in WILMINGTON, DELAWARE suffered soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury to the multiple body parts, n.e.c.. The incident was classified as fall on same level, n.e.c., with semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

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