Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 145074.015 - Employee Fractures Clavicle and Ribs When Forklift Overturns

Accident Summary Nr: 145074.015 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 10/13/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1562269.015	11/04/2021		221114	Dh Blattner & Sons, Inc.

Abstract: At 2:45 p.m. on October 13, 2021, an employee was driving a variable reach forklift back to the worksite office yard at the end of shift. The employee was an installer at a new solar energy farm project worksite. The employee was dead-heading the forklift and traveling northbound at 5 mph on a 17 ft wide dirt road with a berm on each side, with a dry ditch to the left and a water-filled ditch on the right side of the road. Although the employee was trying to stay away from the water-filled ditch, the fork-lift right front wheel got too close to the right side and began to ride on the dirt berm, causing the forklift to fall into the ditch and overturn. The employee fractured his clavicle and multiple ribs, and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Clavicle, Construction, Forklift, Fracture, Ind Trk Operator, Installing, Overturn, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Rib, Road, Solar, Solar Array

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1562269.015	38	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction Laborer	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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