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Accident Summary Nr: 128394.015 - Employee fractures back when struck by falling metal rack pa

Accident Summary Nr: 128394.015 -- Report ID: 0418100 -- Event Date: 07/16/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1487073.015	07/28/2020		332322	Custom Metal Roofing, Inc.

Abstract: At 2:20 p.m. on July 17, 2020, an employee was operating a forklift moving a heavy metal rack. The employee left the forklift to shift the rack on the forks when a weld broke and part of the rack broke off and fell. The falling rack struck the employee and broke his back, requiring hospitalization.

Keywords: Back, Broke, Broken, Broken Bone, Building, Driver, Falling Object, Forklift, Fracture, Industrial Truck, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Motor Vehicle, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Storage Rack, Struck By

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1487073.015	23	M	Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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