Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170830582 - Employee bruised in fall from pallet

Accident Summary Nr: 170830582 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 10/04/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119546869	10/04/1995	5141	0	George R. Ruhl & Son, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was filling an order of baking goods and needed to obtain sugar from an elevated storage rack. He faced a forklift to the storage rack, raised the pallet 11 to 15 ft to the stored items, and then climbed up the forklift to the forklift pallet. Employee #1 kept one foot on the forklift pallet and placed the other on a partially full pallet on the storage rack. The pallet on the storage rack slipped off or broke through and Employee #1 fell. He suffered bruises to his head, back, leg, shoulder, and stomach. He was not wearing a safety belt. Employee #1 was not trained about fall protection before the accident.

Keywords: WORK RULES, SAFETY BELT, BACK, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, PALLET, UNTRAINED, CONTUSION, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119546869			Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators

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