Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 171056476 - Employee's leg fractured when pinned by falling timbers

Accident Summary Nr: 171056476 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 05/02/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126787480	05/04/1998	1611	0	Wasatch Constructors

Abstract: Employee #1 and a coworker were using a construction forklift to move 12 by 12 timbers. Employee #1 was in front of the load when one of the timbers rolled from the forks and pinned his right leg; a second timber then struck the first. Employee #1 sustained a fractured leg, for which he was hospitalized.

Keywords: UNSECURED, PINNED, WORK RULES, LOAD SHIFT, CONSTRUCTION, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, MECH MAT HANDLING, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Maintenance or repair		$20,000,000 and over

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126787480			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Post Decking Detail Work Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over of non-operator by operating cons

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