Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 128780.015 - Employee incurs back injuries after pushed into table by PIT

Accident Summary Nr: 128780.015 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 08/14/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1488921.015	08/19/2020		332812	Valmont Siouxland Galvanizing

Abstract: At 7:18 a.m. on August 14, 2020, an employee was positioning a 4 foot by 4 foot 8-foot platform attached to a Toyota Model 8FDU25 forklift powered industrial truck (PIT) to untangle cables on a overhead hoist. The coworker operating the forklift got the pedals confused and pushed on the gas pedal pushing the platform into the employee. The employee was pushed into a steel table and fractured his lower back, requiring hospitalization.

Keywords: Back, Caught Between, Concussion, Driver, Equipment Operator, Forklift, Fracture, Hoist, Hoisting Mechanism, Industrial Truck, Inexperience, Material Handling, Pinched, Platform, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Structure Moving, Training, Vehicle

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1488921.015	54	M	Hospitalized injury		Occupation not reported

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