Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200370120 - Employee's arm fractured when metal rack overturns

Accident Summary Nr: 200370120 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 07/28/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
124667304	08/04/1998	3567	0	Thermal Engineering Corporation

Abstract: At approximately 9:25 a.m. on July 28, 1998, Employee #1 cleaning up the outside yard area. He was removing metal products when he took away a piece of metal that was stabilizing a 75 1/2 in. high by 97 1/2 in. long intermittent rack used inside the facility to support the metal products as they were being manufactured. The approximately 300 lb rack fell over on Employee #1, fracturing his arm. The metal racks were not being stored properly in the outside yard.

Keywords: FRACTURE, UNSECURED, CLEANING, STORAGE RACK, STRUCK BY, ARM, OVERTURN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	124667304			Non Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Misc. metal & plastic processing machine operators

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