Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200340446 - Employee injured when struck by equipment

Accident Summary Nr: 200340446 -- Report ID: 0523900 -- Event Date: 04/25/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300253614	04/25/2003	2426	321912	Banks Hardwoods, Inc.

Abstract: On April 25, 2003, Employee #1 was installing the third of four overhead radiators as part of a new wood kiln assembly. Employee #1 and one coworker were standing in an aerial lift basket at the elevated location where the kiln was to be set into place. The radiator was being lifted by a forklift. As coworkers were attempting to set one of the kiln's legs into a mounting pocket attached to an overhead metal joist, they lost control of the radiator, causing it to fall forward towards the aerial lift basket. The kiln then struck Employee #1's head and crushed it against the upper handrail of the aerial lift basket. Employee #1 was hospitalized for massive head injuries including skull fractures.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, KILN, CRUSHED, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, SKULL, STRUCK BY, AERIAL LIFT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300253614			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction trades, n.e.c.

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