Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200612182 - Employee Is Injured in Fall from Forklift

Accident Summary Nr: 200612182 -- Report ID: 0111700 -- Event Date: 05/26/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309551679	05/24/2006	1711	238220	Mountain Air Systems, Inc.

Abstract: On May 26, 2006, Employee #1 was on the second floor and was removing materials from a box that was elevated on a forklift. The box was not secured to the forklift. Employee #1 crawled into the box to remove the materials, and caused the box to shift. He was injured when he and the box fell approximately 13 ft to the concrete below. He was hospitalized for unspecified fractures.

Keywords: FRACTURE, WORK RULES, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, FALL, FALLING OBJECT, UNSTABLE LOAD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	4	40

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309551679			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 3 feet Cause: Installing plumbing, lighting fixtures Fatality Cause: Fall from vehicle (vehicle/construction equipment)

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