Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 119958932 - Employee injured by falling component cabinet

Accident Summary Nr: 119958932 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 06/12/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119958932	07/29/1997	5063	0	Wesco Distribution Inc

Abstract: At approximately 8:45 a.m. on June 12, 1997, Employee #1 was acting as a spotter for a forklift operator while a cabinet containing 750 lb of electrical switchgear was being unloaded by the forklift from a flatbed truck at the customer's work site. The securing tiedowns had been removed and an adjacent piece of switchgear was being removed by the forklift when the component cabinet of electrical equipment toppled from the truck and struck Employee #1, who was standing beside the truck and forklift. He sustained serious injuries, for which he was hospitalized.

Keywords: CLEARANCE, SIGNALMAN, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, MECH MAT HANDLING, OFF LOADING, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, FLATBED TRUCK

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119958932			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Truck drivers, light

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