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Accident Summary Nr: 129081.015 - Employee is thrown from over turned forklift and fractures r

Accident Summary Nr: 129081.015 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 08/21/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1490106.015	08/28/2020		237990	Nuline Technologies Llc

Abstract: At 12:00 a.m. on August 21, 2020, Employee was working for a civil engineering contractor. Employee #1 was on a boom forklift while setting up the system used to line the inside of an existing pipe system with an epoxy mix. The epoxy mix is pumped into the pipeline through a sleeve from a refrigerated truck. Employees had dug out a culvert to access one end of the pipe and insert the epoxy liner. The forklift was used to elevate the cloth lining between the refrigerated container truck and the opening of the pipe. Employee #1 was injured when he attempted to re-enter the forklift after the pumping process started and the cloth line was slipping from position. The forklift tipped over and employee was thrown from the cab landing in the culvert. Employee #1 suffered fractured ribs. Employee #1 received medical treatment but was not hospitalized.

Keywords: Construction vehicle, Forklift, Fracture, Overturn, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Refrigerator, Rib, Thrown, Tip, Tips Over, Truck, Vehicle

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Alteration or rehabilitation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1490106.015	34	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause:

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