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Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 14485304 - Employee Injured When Struck By Manbasket

**Accident: 14485304 -- Report ID: 0213600 -- Event Date: 10/07/1988**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
100648674	10/07/1988	1629	Herbert F. Darling, Inc.

At approximately 3:30 p.m. on October 3 1988, Employee #1 entered a manbasket to attach it to a 15 ton grove cherrypicker. He was climbing the ladder inside the basket when the basket began to tip over. Employee #1 slipped or jumped in an attempt to clear the falling basket and the basket struck him in the back. He was knocked to the ground and the basket landed on top of him. Employee #1 was hospitalized for a fractured pelvis, sacrum, and multiple fractures of the ankle.

Keywords: fracture, construction, pelvis, fall, struck by, falling object, vertebra, ankle, overturn

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	100648674			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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