Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 144498.015 - Employee incurs multiple injuries when PIT basket free falls
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
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1569960.015 | 12/21/2021 | 531120 | Michael L. Manna Ranch, Inc. |
Abstract: At 12:45 p.m. on December 15, 2021, an employee was working in a former agricultural building that was newly purchased and vacant. The employee was involved with a project that required blowing dust from the rafters for the purpose of cleaning up the building with the goal of leasing it. The employee was situated in a basket lifted by a forklift powered industrial truck (PIT). A coworker was seated in the PIT operating it when the mast failed and went into a free fall. The employee was dropped approximately 14 feet right before the basket struck the ground. The employee was not ejected from the basket; however, the stop was abrupt enough to injure the employee. The employee incurred a fractured left knee, three broken ribs, and injured his ankle and heel on his left foot, requiring a nine-day hospital stay and two surgeries.
Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
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1 | 1569960.015 | 54 | M | Hospitalized injury | Laborers, except construction |