Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200611481 - Employee injured in fall from fork lift

Accident Summary Nr: 200611481 -- Report ID: 0111700 -- Event Date: 01/10/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304559263	01/17/2003	1542	236220	Courtcon, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was unloading marble floor tile from a pallet that was on the forks of a Lull lift. He was unloading the tile by leaning out from the edge of the building, occasionally stepping onto the pallet to pick up a bundle of tile. The bundles weighed approximately 57.5 pounds per box and because of the weather they were frozen to the pallet's surface. As he removed the bundles from the pallet, the remaining bundles were further away. So, he went out of the building and onto the pallet to break the individual bundles loose. As he kicked a bundle loose, he slipped on ice and fell off of the pallet to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with his injuries. No fall protection was provided or used by the employee.

Keywords: FRACTURE, PPE, SLIP, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, PALLET

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	5	60

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	304559263			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 40 feet Cause: Interior tile work (ceramic, vinyl, acoustic) Fatality Cause: Fall from vehicle (vehicle/construction equipment)

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