Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 102020.015 - Employee sustains multiple fractures when struck by falling

Accident Summary Nr: 102020.015 -- Report ID: 0419400 -- Event Date: 12/26/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1286438.015	12/28/2017		321219	Masonite Corporation

Abstract: At 10:00 a.m. on December 26, 2017, Employee #1 was conducting an annual inventory of door skins. In the same area, a forklift operator was lifting two pallets of the door skins. As the pallets were being lifted, the top pallet started to shift, and the operator attempted to lower the pallets. While the pallets were being lowered, the top pallet fell from the forklift and hit a stack of door skin pallets that were next to the forklift. The top two pallets of the stack struck the employee, fracturing his pelvis, right leg and ribs. He was hospitalized for his injuries.

Keywords: Door, Falling Object, Fracture, Leg, Pallet, Pelvis, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Rib, Struck By, Unstable Load

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1286438.015	53	F	Hospitalized injury

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