Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 117385.015 - Employee fractures ribs and collarbone when forklift overtur

Accident Summary Nr: 117385.015 -- Report ID: 0419400 -- Event Date: 06/19/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1410699.015	06/20/2019		811198	Taylor Machine Works, Inc.

Abstract: At 5:45 p.m. on June 19, 2019, an employee was moving a 3,673 pound mast that had just been painted with a 5,000 pound capacity forklift outside a facility in a travel lane that had many potholes. The load was not properly secured and became unstable as it was lifted to maximum height to avoid a parked forklift. The load shifted to left and the forklift overturned. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs and collarbone.

Keywords: Collarbone, Forklift, Fracture, Load Shift, Overturn, Rib, Unsecured, Unstable Load

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1410699.015	50	M	Hospitalized injury		Equipment Operator: Heavy

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