Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170180764 - Employee fractures arm and femur in fall from loading dock

Accident Summary Nr: 170180764 -- Report ID: 0950642 -- Event Date: 11/15/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
112155742	12/04/1991	5113	0	Container Corp Of America

Abstract: Employee #1, a truck driver for Container Corp. of America, trucking division, was picking up a load of paper rolls from CCA's milling division. As he walked from the shipping office across the loading dock area, he was struck by an industrial lift that was carrying a 58 in. diameter roll to loading dock #3. Employee #1 fell off the loading dock and fractured his left forearm and right femur. The lift operator indicated that his frontal vision was obstructed by the paper roll. The mirrors on each side of the loading dock area do not cover the area in front of dock #3. According to Employee #1, he did not hear the lift approaching because of the noise of other lifts operating in the area.

Keywords: FRACTURE, OBSTRUCTED VIEW, WORK RULES, FOREARM, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, NOISE, FALL, STRUCK BY, LOADING DOCK, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	112155742			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Truck drivers, heavy

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