Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 120712.015 - Employee incurs broken bones rolling over PIT off trailer

Accident Summary Nr: 120712.015 -- Report ID: 1054115 -- Event Date: 06/20/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1437764.015	06/25/2019	5082	423810	317724657 - Peterson Machinery Co

Abstract: At 8:40 a.m. on June 20, 2019, an employee was operating a CAT TL1055C telehandler powered industrial truck (PIT) loading it onto a flatbed trailer when the PIT slid off the side of the trailer, rolled down an embankment and stopped after striking a fence at the base of the hill. The employee was hospitalized to treat broken ribs, a broken scapula and a laceration in his head.

Keywords: Back, Chest, Driver, Driving, Embankment, Equipment Operator, Fracture, Head, Industrial Truck, Laceration, Loading, Material Handling, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Rib, Roll-Over, Shoulder Bone, Struck Against, Tractor Trailer, Trailer, Trailer Truck, Training, Truck, Truck Driver, Vehicle

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1437764.015	62	M	Hospitalized injury		Truck drivers, heavy

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