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Accident: 101447.015 - Employee Fractures Back In 11 Foot Fall From Pallet Box
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1282636.015 | 12/12/2017 | Sloan Implement Company, Inc. |
At 3:30 p.m. on December 7, 2017, Employee #1 was working on a John Deere S-680 Combine. As he removed parts from the combine engine, he placed them in a pallet box, which was lifted by a forklift to a height of approximatley 11 feet. The employee had to step over the fuel tank at the rear of the combine in order to p lace the part in the pallet box. The pallet box became unstable on the forks an d fell to the concrete floor below with the parts and the employee. Employee #1 suffered a fracture of the transverse vertebrae and was hospitalized.
Keywords:
agriculture machinery/vehicle, back, concrete slab, engine, fall, fracture, powered industrial vehicle, struck against, unstable load, unstable position, vertebra
| Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1282636.015 | 25 | M | Hospitalized injury |