Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170831572 - Employee injured when struck by falling battery charger

Accident Summary Nr: 170831572 -- Report ID: 0352450 -- Event Date: 11/13/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302885033	11/16/1999	5251	0	Lowe'S

Abstract: Employee #1 was moving an electric stand-up pallet jack when the cord from the overhead battery charger became tangled with the pallet jack's wheel. As the vehicle moved, the 200 lb charger was pulled off its 8 ft high storage shelf, striking Employee #1 and pushing his head forward. He sustained a laceration that required four stitches to close and a compression fracture of two lumbar vertebrae. He was transported to Frederick Memorial Hospital, where he was treated and released.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, UNSECURED, BATTERY CHARGER, LACERATION, STRUCK BY, ENTANGLED, WALK-BEHIND FORKLIFT, FALLING OBJECT, VERTEBRA

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	302885033			Non Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators

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