Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201065141 - Employee breaks hip when stack of insulation collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 201065141 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 03/07/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300789302	03/21/2002	7361	0	Labor Ready Temps

Abstract: At approximately 9:06 a.m. on March 7, 2002, Employee #1 and a coworker were moving boxes of shipboard insulation in a secondary employer's warehouse to make room for a truckload of new insulation due into the warehouse the next morning. Employee #1 was on his knees pushing insulation bundles across a stack where a coworker takes the bundles and places them on a pallet. The stack next to the one being moved was about 30 ft high and it began to fall. The coworker yelled watch out and ran away. Employee #1 turned to run and his right leg was caught in a hole in the stack. He was covered by the falling insulation. Employee #1 was hospitalized with a fractured hip.

Keywords: ELEC INSULATION, FRACTURE, COLLAPSE, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, HIP, UNSTABLE LOAD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300789302			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Laborers, except construction

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