Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 128619.015 - Employee fractures leg after coil falls during movement

Accident Summary Nr: 128619.015 -- Report ID: 0728500 -- Event Date: 08/04/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1488110.015	08/13/2020		332710	Van Am Tool & Engineering, Inc.

Abstract: At 1:00 p.m. on August 4, 2020, an employee was operating a forklift loading a 1,368 pound coil into the feeder of a press. The coil was turned the wrong way, so the employee lowered the coil onto the ground standing it up and attempted to turn it manually in order to be able to pick it back up with the forklift. While turning the coil manually, the coil fell on his left leg. The employee incurred a compound fracture of his leg and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Crushed, Crushing, Equipment Operator, Forklift, Fracture, Industrial Truck, Inexperience, Leg, Loading, Machine operator, Material Handling, Power Press, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Press Operator, Struck By, Unstable Load, Unstable Position

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1488110.015	47	M	Hospitalized injury		Printing machine operators

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