Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170699979 - Employee suffers multiple fractures from falling forklift

Accident Summary Nr: 170699979 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 08/19/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
112098637	12/15/1992	3537	0	Lloyd'S Equipment

Abstract: At approximately 1:40 p.m. on August 19, 1992, Employee #1, of Lloyd's Equipment Company, was removing a piston while under a Komatsu forklift, model #TG15. The rear axle of the forklift had been jacked and placed on wooden blocks. The jack was removed and, a short time later, the forklift fell on Employee #1, who was hospitalized with three fractured ribs, a punctured lung, a concussion, a hematoma, double vision, a fractured skull, and a fractured jaw.

Keywords: FRACTURE, MAINTENANCE, UNSECURED, BLOCKS, WORK RULES, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, SKULL, STRUCK BY, CONCUSSION, FALLING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	112098637			Hospitalized injury	Concussion	Occupation not reported

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