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Accident Summary Nr: 101447.015 - Employee fractures back in 11 foot fall from pallet box

Accident Summary Nr: 101447.015 -- Report ID: 0524500 -- Event Date: 12/07/2017
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
1282636.01512/12/2017423820Sloan Implement Company, Inc.

Abstract: 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 place the part in the pallet box. The pallet box became unstable on the forks and 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 Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury
1 1282636.015 25 M Hospitalized injury

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