Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 122936.015 - Employee fractures wrist and elbow in fall from PIV forks

Accident Summary Nr: 122936.015 -- Report ID: 0950612 -- Event Date: 12/08/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1450598.015	12/11/2019		444220	Altman Specialty Plants, Llc

Abstract: At 12:40 p.m. on December 8, 2019, an employee working as a laborer for a nursery was in the back of a truck picking up a rack of flowers. The flowers were sitting on the forks of an industrial truck. The employee confirmed that he had been standing on one of the PIV forks when he fell approximately five feet to the ground. The employee fractured his left wrist and elbow and reported pain in his left shoulder. The employee was transported to the hospital, where he was admitted for more than two days.

Keywords: Arm, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Contusion, Elbow, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Forklift, Forks, Fracture, Industrial Truck, Laborer, Material Handling, Nursery, PIV, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Shoulder, Truck, Unloading, Wrist

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1450598.015	48	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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