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Ambassador Personnel, Inc.

Other fall to lower level, unspecified — Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages — COLQUITT, GEORGIA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Ambassador Personnel, Inc. in COLQUITT, GEORGIA
Employer Ambassador Personnel, Inc. Report ID 2015118908
Address 608 East Main Street City, State ZIP COLQUITT, GEORGIA 39837
Event Date November 24, 2015 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages Body Part Brain
Event Type Other fall to lower level, unspecified Source of Injury Train, locomotive, rail car, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 561320 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 31.16000, -84.70000

Incident Narrative

An employee was responsible for loading rail cars with peanuts. The employee climbed to the top of the rail car to position the shoot for the loading process. The employee was wearing a retractable harness at the time of the incident. The train began moving forward at a slow rate of speed, causing the retractable lanyard to become fully extended. The employee was pulled from the top of the rail car and impacted the ground resulting in serious injury (bleeding on the brain and a shoulder injury) requiring hospitalization.

Incident Summary

On November 24, 2015, a worker at Ambassador Personnel, Inc. in COLQUITT, GEORGIA suffered cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages to the brain. The incident was classified as other fall to lower level, unspecified, with train, locomotive, rail car, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

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