Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 107484.015 - Employee sustains fractures when struck by falling load

Accident Summary Nr: 107484.015 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 07/11/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1331338.015	07/19/2018		332322	Clarkwestern Dietrich Building Systems Llc

Abstract: At 5:15 p.m. on July 11, 2018, Employee #1 was loading the machining tooling set for Line #47 onto a newly constructed transport cart, located in the tooling die storage area of the production floor. The set of tooling dies weighing approximately 2,000 pounds in total, became unstable as the cart was loaded. The heavy tooling dies toppled off of the cart and onto the employee, striking him on his torso and foot. He sustained a fractured L5 vertebrae and a broken foot. The employee was transported to a nearby hospital, where he was hospitalized for five days.

Keywords: Cart, Die, Falling Object, Foot, Fracture, Struck By, Torso, Unstable Load, Vertebra

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1331338.015	52	M	Hospitalized injury

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