Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 133602.015 - Employee sustains multiple injuries when PIV tips over

Accident Summary Nr: 133602.015 -- Report ID: 0830600 -- Event Date: 12/04/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1505277.015	12/07/2020		236210	Flatiron Construction Corp.

Abstract: At 4:00 p.m. on December 4, 2020, an employee working for a general contractor was operating a GEHL Mark 74 rough terrain forklift powered industrial vehicle (PIV). The employee drove the PIV up the side of an embankment when the vehicle tipped over on the employee. The employee was hospitalized to treat a partially collapsed lung, a fractured scapula and broken ribs.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Chest, Collapsed lung, Construction, Construction vehicle, Crushed, Driving, Embankment, Forklift, Fracture, Hill, Industrial Truck, Inexperience, Lung, Material Handling, PIV, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Rib, Roll-Over, Scapula, Shoulder, Shoulder Bone, Slope, Sloping, Speeding, Tip, Tips Over, Unstable Position, Unstable Soil, Unstable Surface, Work Surface

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		New project or new addition

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1505277.015	35	M	Hospitalized injury

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