Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 120333.015 - Employee is struck by forklift and burned in phone explosion

Accident Summary Nr: 120333.015 -- Report ID: 0636900 -- Event Date: 09/26/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1434839.015	10/01/2019		561790	J&E Companies

Abstract: At 12:45 p.m. on September 26, 2019, an employee and four coworkers were demolishing an exterior wall of a church and were cleaning up demolition debris. The employees were using a Genie forklift to bring material to be installed on the building and to empty the metal trash bucket. The supervisor of the crew directed a coworker, who was not trained or certified to operate the forklift, to get the lift to attach the forks to the bucket to empty the debris. The coworker hooked the forks to the trash bucket and proceeded to move forward towards the employee on the ground and struck him with the trash bucket pinning him to the wall and causing his cell phone to explode. The employee was hospitalized to treat burns from the cell phone explosion.

Keywords: Bucket , Burn, Caught Between, Collision, Crushed, Debris, Demolition, Driving, Equipment Operator, Explosion, Forklift, Masonry Wall, Pinned, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Untrained, Wall

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Demolition			4	40

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1434839.015	24	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction Laborer	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause:

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