Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 171017551 - Employee's back fractured when forklift falls with dock ramp

Accident Summary Nr: 171017551 -- Report ID: 1054118 -- Event Date: 02/25/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126687052	02/26/1998	4213	0	Usf Reddaway Inc

Abstract: At approximately 4:00 p.m. on February 25, 1998, Employee #1 was using a forklift to load a 28 ft long trailer when the hostler (the yard tractor driver) hooked up to the trailer and started to pull it away from the loading dock. As the trailer moved away, the dock ramp dropped and the forklift fell backward to the ground. Upon hearing the noise, the hostler stopped and ran to the rear of the trailer, where he found the forklift with its front end still in the trailer and Employee #1 lying next to it on the ground. He was hospitalized for treatment of a fractured back.

Keywords: LOADING, FRACTURE, IND TRK OPERATOR, WORK RULES, BACK, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, FALL, MECH MAT HANDLING, LOADING DOCK, COMMUNICATION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126687052			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Freight, stock and material handlers, n.e.c.

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