Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 120126214 - Employee injured in fall with manbasket

Accident Summary Nr: 120126214 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 07/12/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120126214	10/19/1999	0179	0	Maris Farms, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 7:15 a.m. on July 12, 1999, Employee #1 was papering date palm pods in a date palm grove in Coachella, CA. He was working from an elevated manbasket when a shaft component of the crane failed and the boom inadvertently retracted. Employee #1 sustained a fractured leg and was transported by paramedics to Desert Hospital in Palm Springs. He was hospitalized for five days.

Keywords: FRACTURE, AGRICULTURE, CRANE BOOM, TRUCK CRANE, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, FALL, MECH MAT HANDLING, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120126214			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Farm workers

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