Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 131428.015 - Employee incurs multiple injuries when struck by falling obj

Accident Summary Nr: 131428.015 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 11/07/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1501762.015	11/10/2020		515210	Mediacom

Abstract: At 11:00 a.m. on November 7, 2020, an employee was moving 1,650-pound pallets of cable transmission line. The employee was transferring the pallets from a Ford F-650 box truck over a dock plate into a temporary warehouse space utilizing a pallet jack. The stacked reel pallet was too tall, and the top reel struck the upper door opening and became dislodged from the pallet and struck the employee. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery. The employee sustained a fractured vertebra, fractured ribs, and a collapsed lung.

Keywords: Box truck, Cable, Collapsed lung, Crushed, Dock Plate, Fracture, Material Handling, Pallet, Pallet Jack, Rib, Struck Against, Struck By, Vertebra, Warehouse

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1501762.015	53	M	Hospitalized injury		Supervisors; handlers,equip-cleaners,laborers nec

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