Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200356483 - Employee injured when struck by falling load of lumber

Accident Summary Nr: 200356483 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 07/16/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310929559	07/16/2007	1751	238130	K.V.S. Construction

Abstract: On July 16, 2007, Employee #1 and a coworker, who was operating a variable-reach forklift, were off-loading framing lumber from trucks. Employee #1 placed 2 by 4 support boards under the loads to support them and also to allow the forks to be extracted. The coworker overloaded the forklift with two 80-unit bundles of 16 ft long 2-by-12s. The load was reaching its landing spot when one of the support boards fell over flat. Employee #1 was approaching the load from the front when the top bundle rolled off and struck him. He sustained a fractured left wrist, two fractured ribs, and a fractured pelvis, for which he was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, LOAD SHIFT, OVERLOADED, CONSTRUCTION, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, PELVIS, OFF LOADING, STRUCK BY

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	3	40

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310929559			Hospitalized injury	Dislocation	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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