Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 119947737 - Employee injured when struck by falling pipe

Accident Summary Nr: 119947737 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 05/12/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119947737	07/21/2000	3272	0	Omega Pipe, Div Of State Pipe & Supply

Abstract: At approximately 2:15 p.m. on May 12, 2000, Employee #1, a forklift operator and truck loader employed by Omega Pipe, was loading sections of steel piping onto a commercial flatbed trailer at the storage and distribution yard. He was adjusting the dunnage between the layers of pipe when a section of pipe became dislodged and fell, striking his right leg. Employee #1 sustained a fractured right femur. He was transported by paramedics to Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, where he was hospitalized for three days.

Keywords: LOADING, FRACTURE, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, MECH MAT HANDLING, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, FLATBED TRUCK, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119947737			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators

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