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Accident: 170197818 - Employee Injured When Struck By Falling Platform

**Accident: 170197818 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 12/10/1990**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
111860359	01/31/1991	4581	Curtis And Associates

At approximately 9:30 a.m. on December 10, 1990, Employee #1, an aircraft painting contractor, was disassembling a 2- to 3-ton rolling aircraft boarding platform, with built-in elevation capability, in preparation for shipping it out of state. A Clark forklift apparently sheared off the lower supports of a section of the platform, and Employee #1 was struck by the platform section when it fell. He was taken by Life-Flight helicopter to the U. C. Davis Medical Center, where he was hospitalized until December 19, 1990.

Keywords: dismantling, airport, industrial truck, struck by, falling object

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	111860359			Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported

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