Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200612943 - Employee Sustains Fracture When Pinned by Falling Machine

Accident Summary Nr: 200612943 -- Report ID: 0111700 -- Event Date: 07/07/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311586036	07/06/2008	1796	238290	Jay P. Sorrows, Llc

Abstract: Employee #1, who is the owner of the firm, was moving an injection molding machine weighing approximately 8,800 pounds. A Toyota forklift had lifted one end of the machine. The other end was supported on two rollers ("skates"). The Toyota forklift then slowly backed up, with friction holding the end of the press on the forks. When the forklift got to the end of the hallway and started to make the turn, at a point where the forklift was approximately 45 degrees to the press, the load became unstable and rolled onto its side. Employee #1 was walking alongside the machine, and it rolled over onto him. Employee #1 felt that either one of the forks may have come out from under the load during the turn, or a small decline or divot in the floor allowed one of the skates to drop down and made the press unstable. Employee #1 suffered an unspecified fracture and was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, MOLDING MACHINE, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, MECH MAT HANDLING, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, UNSTABLE LOAD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Contractor's yard/facility		Other		Under $50,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	311586036			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause: Other

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