Accident Report Detail

Accident: 200671063 - Employee Injured When Struck By Falling Box

**Accident: 200671063 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 10/13/1997**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
300495785	10/16/1997	2011	Mary'S Ranch, Inc.

Employee #1 was using a pallet jack to place bundles of frozen meat on pallets inside a cooled truck trailer. Outside the trailer, a coworker was using a forklift to put the pallets on the trailer bed. Employee #1 was leaning on the pallet jack when a box from the top of the bundle caught on the wall of the trailer and slipped off, striking Employee #1 on the neck. He sustained injuries that required hospitalization.

Keywords: loading, unsecured, work rules, caught by, mech mat handling, neck, struck by, walk-behind forklift, falling object

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	300495785			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported

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