Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 124260.015 - Employee cuts forehead, injures back and neck when struck by

Accident Summary Nr: 124260.015 -- Report ID: 0626600 -- Event Date: 01/28/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1463110.015	02/13/2020		532490	Champion Rentals

Abstract: At1:45 p.m. on January 28, 2020, an employee working for an equipment rental company was assisting a coworker (yardman). They were unloading a metal material lift from a flatbed truck to the ground using a forklift. They had the lift elevated on the forklift without securing the lift. The coworker reverted the forklift in order remove it from the flatbed truck when it fell forward and struck the employee in the forehead. The employee fell to the ground and injured his neck and back, requiring hospitalization.

Keywords: Back, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Cut, Falling Object, Flatbed Truck, Forehead, Head, Laceration, Lack of Work Procedures, Lift, Material Handling, Metal, Neck, Struck By, Unloading, Yarding

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1463110.015	60	M	Hospitalized injury

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