Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200051266 - Employee's foot fractured in fall as forklift overturns

Accident Summary Nr: 200051266 -- Report ID: 0728900 -- Event Date: 06/28/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303727929	07/06/2001	1741	0	Monona Masonry, Inc.

Abstract: On June 28, 2001, Employee #1 drove a rough terrain Transverse forklift to the south side of the bell tower of a Catholic Church under construction to off-load materials from a Morgan scaffold. He positioned the lift, elevated the lift's platform, shut off the lift, and asked a coworker to sit in the lift and hold the brake. Employee #1 then climbed the scaffold to access the lift platform. He was beginning to transfer materials from the scaffold when the forklift began to roll backward. It struck a pile of scrap lumber and overturned to the east. Employee #1 leaped from the platform just before it struck the ground and suffered a fractured foot. Neither Employee #1 nor the coworker had been trained on the operation of the forklift.

Keywords: FRACTURE, WORK RULES, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, FALL, OFF LOADING, UNTRAINED, FOOT, OVERTURN

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	4	65

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303727929			Non Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 38 feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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