Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200082501 - Employees Are Injured in Fork Truck Roll-Over

Accident Summary Nr: 200082501 -- Report ID: 0112000 -- Event Date: 11/14/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308275429	11/16/2005	1521	236115	Robert Mariani

Abstract: On November 14, 2005, Employee #1 was operating a Caterpillar rough-terrain fork truck with Employee #2 in a three-sided box on the forks elevated 34 ft to the eave of a roof. When Employee #1 used the frame leveler to tilt the frame over, the fork truck rolled over. Both employees were hospitalized; one sustained a fractured skull and the other a fractured foot.

Keywords: FRACTURE, ROOF, BOOM, ROLL-OVER, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, SKULL, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, FOOT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	3	48

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	308275429			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 35 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold
2	308275429			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Temporary work (buildings, facilities) Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating

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