Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170155253 - Employee injured by falling stack of strawberry crates

Accident Summary Nr: 170155253 -- Report ID: 0950645 -- Event Date: 06/22/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
112219217	10/02/1991	2037	0	J.R. Simplot Co.

Abstract: Employee #1, of J. R. Simplot Co., was removing crates of strawberries from pallets and dumping the strawberries into a sorter machine. A coworker driving a forklift brought a pallet of strawberries, 6 stacks of 12 crates each, to Employee #1's work station. The coworker set the pallet down and, as he pulled the forklift away, one of the stacks of twelve 17 lb crates of strawberries fell over against Employee #1's back, causing him to fall against the sorter machine. Employee #1 was not seriously injured. A broken back corner of the pallet caused the stack to fall over. The coworker could not see the broken pallet when he picked it up with the forklift. The pallet had come in from the field broken.

Keywords: PALLETIZED CARGO, OBSTRUCTED VIEW, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, OFF LOADING, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	112219217			Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Graders and sorters, agricultural products

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