Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170843320 - Employee's thumb injured by falling pallets

Accident Summary Nr: 170843320 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 09/04/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125592352	09/08/1999	2499	0	Eng Brothers Wood Products

Abstract: Employee #1 was using a manually-operated hydraulic pallet jack to load stacks of pallets into a steel container. He was using the handle of the pallet jack to maneuver some pallets when he struck a gusset on the inside of the container and knocked the top pallet off an 18-unit-high stack. The falling pallet struck his hands on the control handle, nearly severing one of his thumbs. Employee #1 was transported to the hospital, where his thumb was surgically reattached. The accident occurred because Employee #1 had not familiarized himself with the interior of the container before starting to load the pallet stacks.

Keywords: LOADING, SEVERED, PALLETIZED CARGO, WORK RULES, STRUCK AGAINST, THUMB, MECH MAT HANDLING, STRUCK BY, WALK-BEHIND FORKLIFT, FALLING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125592352			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Supervisors; handlers,equip-cleaners,laborers nec

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