Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170046726 - Employee breaks ribs on scale arm in fall from rack

Accident Summary Nr: 170046726 -- Report ID: 1055320 -- Event Date: 05/18/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111271433	05/18/1993	3444	0	Northwest Manufacturing Inc

Abstract: At approximately 3:30 p.m. on May 18, 1993, Employee #1 was climbing up the side of a 3 shelf storage rack to retrieve a box from a stack on the top shelf. The rack shifted and Employee #1 lost his grip or footing and fell. He landed on the arm of a Toledo scale, model 4182, breaking his ribs, before falling to the floor.

Keywords: FRACTURE, WORK RULES, STRUCK AGAINST, RIB, FALL, STORAGE RACK, LOST BALANCE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111271433			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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