Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 155899.015 - Employee is killed when struck by breaker bar

Accident Summary Nr: 155899.015 -- Report ID: 0418400 -- Event Date: 04/24/2023
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1666537.015	04/28/2023		238990	Veterans Fence & Supply Llc

Abstract: At 10:30 a.m. on April 24, 2023, an employee was removing a forklift from a flatbed utility trailer. The employee was releasing a chain lever binder which was being used to secure a forklift on a flatbed trailer attached to the back of a company pickup truck. The employee was using a hollow metal fence post (44 inches long by 1.75 inches diameter) as a breaker bar in order to gain more leverage to release the binder. It is believed the stored energy of the binder caused the lever/breaker bar to recoil which subsequently struck the employee in the side of his face and neck. The employee stumbled away from the trailer to the nearby grass, where he collapsed.

Keywords: Face, Flatbed Truck, Forklift, Load Binder, Metal fence, Neck, Struck By

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1666537.015	22	M	Fatality

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