Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 118289.015 - Employee breaks leg when struck by rack that fell off PIT

Accident Summary Nr: 118289.015 -- Report ID: 0355111 -- Event Date: 07/22/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1417953.015	07/25/2019		321999	Northland Forest Products Inc.

Abstract: At 11:30 a.m. on July 22, 2019, an employee was separating lumber while his coworker operated a Hyster Model H120FT powered industrial truck (PIT) removing an empty metal stick rack from a docking station nearby. A load shifted off the PIT forks and struck the employee. The employee incurred a broken right leg below the knee and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Driver, Equipment Operator, Falling Object, Forks, Fracture, Industrial Truck, Leg, Lumber, Lumber Stack, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Motor Vehicle, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Storage Rack, Struck By, Unstable Load, Work Surface

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1417953.015	22	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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