Accident Report Detail

Accident: 105863.015 - Employee Is Ejected From Forklift After Striking Support Col

**Accident: 105863.015 -- Report ID: 0418200 -- Event Date: 05/08/2018**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1318030.015	05/21/2018		Emerald Carpets. Inc.

On May 8, 2018, an employee was pulling out a carpet roll from a bin with a Hyst er forklift to move it to another location and struck a building roof support. The employee was slammed into the steering wheel and fell to the floor, striking his head on the concrete floor. The employee fractured a vertebra and was hosp italized.

Keywords: concrete slab, ejected, fall, fracture, powered industrial vehicle, vertebra

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	1318030.015	53	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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