Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 115168.015 - Employee fractures vertebra when struck by unstable load as

Accident Summary Nr: 115168.015 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 03/04/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1391570.015	04/08/2019		484110	Dehbok Logistics Inc

Abstract: At 6:00 p.m. on March 4, 2019, an employee was unloading a palletized load weighing approximately 300 pounds from the back of a truck using a combination of the lifting tailgate on the truck and a forklift. The employee that was operating the lifting tailgate noticed that the load was not balanced, and he fell from the truck tailgate while trying to stabilize it. The employee was struck by the load as it fell on top of him. The employee fractured his vertebra and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Fall, Falling Object, Forklift, Fracture, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Struck By, Tailgate, Unstable Load, Vertebra

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1391570.015	25	M	Hospitalized injury		Truck drivers, light

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