Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201034758 - Employee injured while reloading container

Accident Summary Nr: 201034758 -- Report ID: 0950635 -- Event Date: 12/17/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305471922	03/19/2003	4231	488490	Price Transfer Inc

Abstract: At approximately 10:55 a.m. on December 17, 2002, Employee #1, a temporary employee working for Price Transfer Inc., was working in the warehouse of a U. S. Customs Exam Station. Employee #1 and a coworker were reloading an intermodal container, number TRIU 5587470, by hand. The coworker was using a hand truck to move a wide, thin crate to the front of the container while Employee #1 walked alongside, stabilizing the load. While the coworker was pushing the crate into its final position, plates made of ceramic or marble which had been stacked along the inside of the container, fell and struck Employee #1. His left lower leg was fractured and he was hospitalized.

Keywords: LOADING, FRACTURE, STRUCK BY, CONTAINERIZED CARGO, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	305471922			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Laborers, except construction

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