Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200960292 - Employee Injured When Pinned Between Tow Motor And Racking

Accident Summary Nr: 200960292 -- Report ID: 0352420 -- Event Date: 09/20/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
127379972	09/24/1996	3089	0	C. R. Daniels, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was using Baker towmotor #3, serial #643014, model #96064, to deliver a load. He was backing away from the load and had applied the brake, but the towmotor continued to drift backward. It struck the metal racking stacked behind him, pinning him between the towmotor and the racking. Employee #1 sustained large bruises to his stomach and back on his right side. Employees had not been properly trained to allow for drift in the towmotor when the brake is applied. Most of the employees are Korean and a language barrier likely contributed to this accident.

Keywords: brake, pinned, equipment operator, caught between, inexperience, mech mat handling, communication, stomach, contusion, towed equipment

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	127379972			Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators

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