Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170208839 - Employee injured in fall from elevated steel plate platform

Accident Summary Nr: 170208839 -- Report ID: 0950614 -- Event Date: 09/21/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111826350	09/28/1990	5023	0	Medallion

Abstract: At approximately 10:00 a.m. on September 21, 1990, Employee #1 was on a 4 ft by 8 ft steel plate that was being used by the employer to elevate rolls of plastic carpet padding up to the fourth level of a warehouse storage rack. Employee #1 and the warehouse manager had loaded the rolls of padding onto the steel plate, and the manager then used a Yale forklift to elevate the plate, carrying the rolls and Employee #1, to a height of approximately 18 ft. Employee #1 was preparing to unload the rolls onto the storage rack when he fell from the elevated platform.

Keywords: WAREHOUSE, WORK RULES, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, OFF LOADING, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, WORK PLATFORM

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111826350			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Freight, stock and material handlers, n.e.c.

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