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Accident Summary Nr: 122188.015 - Employee breaks arm and foot when struck by toppled load on

Accident Summary Nr: 122188.015 -- Report ID: 0950624 -- Event Date: 06/04/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1410879.015	06/25/2019		326122	North American Pipe Corporation

Abstract: At 9:00 a.m. on June 4, 2019, an employee was helping replace PVC pipe molding equipment. As the employee and his coworkers were moving the a equipment on a cart, one of the cart wheels struck a steel cover plate covering an opening in the floor. The plate was displaced as a result and the cart tipped and the employee was struck by a Wye die on the cart. The employee broken his right forearm and fractured his left foot and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Arm, Cart, Caught Between, Floor, Floor Hole, Floor Opening, Foot, Fracture, Guardrail, Maintenance, Material Handling, Molding Machine, Pinned, Steel Plate, Struck By, Tips Over, Unstable Surface, Walking Surface, Work Surface

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1410879.015	65	M	Hospitalized injury		Industrial machinery repairers

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