Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 116451.015 - Three employees are injured when forklift overturns

Accident Summary Nr: 116451.015 -- Report ID: 0728900 -- Event Date: 05/20/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1402016.015	05/20/2019		238130	Paxton Contracting, Llc

Abstract: At 8:30 a.m. on May 20, 2019, Employees #1, #2, and #3, employed by a framing contractor, were engaged in framing erection work for a new residential structure. They were securing trusses that were being off loaded by a coworker operating a Telehandler forklift. The forklift was backing up, and its boom was lowering, when the equipment overturned. The forklift struck the trusses, and Employees #1, #2, and #3 were struck in turn by the trusses. One employee sustained a sprained ankle; one a sprained wrist; and the third a concussion. All received treatment for their injuries but were not hospitalized.

Keywords: Ankle, Backing Up, Boom, Concussion, Construction vehicle, Erection Process, Forklift, Framing, Off Loading, Overturn, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Residential Construction, Sprain, Struck By, Truss, Wrist

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition			2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Construction
1	1402016.015	28	M	Non Hospitalized injury	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause:
2	1402016.015	44	M	Non Hospitalized injury	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause:
3	1402016.015	28	M	Non Hospitalized injury	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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