Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14258867 - Employee Killed in Fall from and elevated platform

Accident Summary Nr: 14258867 -- Report ID: 0317900 -- Event Date: 02/18/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303718795	02/20/2001	5941	0	The Sports Authority, Store 603

Abstract: On February 18, 2001, Employee #1 fell from an elevated platform. Employee #1 was elevated 12 ft in a lifting platform attached to a forklift truck, Yale Reach truck, Model Number MRW030LAN24TE083 and Serial Number N535846, to an elevated merchandise storage platform. Employee #1 stepped off of the elevated platform onto the merchandise storage platform to retrieve an 87 lbs weight bench for a customer. While attempting to retrieve the weight bench, Employee #1 fell from the merchandise storage platform 12 ft. Employee #1 was not wearing fall protection and no standard guardrails were provided on the merchandise storage platform. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, ELEVATED WORK PLAT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	303718795			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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