Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 116026.015 - Employee falls from forklift basket and fractures spine

Accident Summary Nr: 116026.015 -- Report ID: 1054116 -- Event Date: 01/27/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1398885.015	01/28/2019	5141	445110	317723187 - Sherms Thunderbird Market Inc

Abstract: At 5:30 a.m. on January 27, 2019, Employee #1, employed by a supermarket, was working from a personnel basket while elevated with a forklift. The basket was not secured to the mast of the forklift, and the employee was not wearing personal fall protection. The employee fell from the basket, a fall height of 7 feet. He was transported to the hospital, where he received treatment for a fractured tailbone/coccyx. Employee #1 was released without hospitalization.

Keywords: Aerial Lift, Back, Basket, Construction, Fall, Fall Protection, Forklift, Fracture, PPE, Personnel Cage, Spine, Unsecured, Vertebra

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1398885.015	37	M	Hospitalized injury		Freight, stock and material handlers, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: 7 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 7 feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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