OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221567969

ALTERNATIVE LABORATORIES, LLC

FORT MYERS, FL— 2023-05-31T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Concrete Floor, Contusion, Fall, Fall On Same Level, Head, Laboratory, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pallet, Palletized Cargo, Pulling, Supervisor
NAICS: 325411
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346738867
Employer profile: ALTERNATIVE LABORATORIES, LLC
Summary number: 221567969
Report ID: 0420600

Event description

Employee injures head in fall from pulling wrap, later dies

Investigation abstract

At 3:30 a.m. on May 26, 2023, an employee working as a supervisor for a medicinal and botanical laboratory was unwrapping a palletized load of dirty trays that they received to be washed. The employee began unwrapping the load from the ground level. The employee started cutting the plastic wrap from the pallet and then started manually pulling on them. The wrap suddenly broke as he pulled, and he fell back striking the back of his head onto the concrete ground. The employee sustained some redness and bruising to the back of his head and was hospitalized. On May 31, 2023, the employee died due to his injuries.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 57 M

Event type
4

Occupation code
863

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