Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 139251.015 - Employee fractures back when struck by falling pallet of doo

Accident Summary Nr: 139251.015 -- Report ID: 0625500 -- Event Date: 09/09/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1553625.015	09/16/2021		321911	Steves And Sons, Inc.

Abstract: At 12:07 a.m. on September 9, 2021, an employee working as an equipment operator for a wooden window and door manufacturer was working near a coworker operating a forklift. The coworker was driving the forklift in reverse moving a pallet of doors when the load fell off the forklift and onto the employee. The employee was hospitalized to treat a fractured back and contusions.

Keywords: Back, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Contusion, Distracted, Distracted driving, Door, Driver, Equipment Operator, Falling Object, Forklift, Forks, Fracture, Incorrect Equipment, Industrial Truck, Manufacturing, Material Handling, PIV, Palletized Cargo, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Struck By, Walking Surface, Work Surface, Wrong Equipment

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1553625.015	32	M	Hospitalized injury		Equipment Operator: Heavy

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