Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201097102 - Employee's Leg Is Fractured by Falling Forklift Attachment

Accident Summary Nr: 201097102 -- Report ID: 0950645 -- Event Date: 02/18/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126134923	03/15/2004	1742	238310	Acoustech

Abstract: At approximately 12:50 p.m. on February 19, 2004, Employee #1 was spreading the forks of a Gradall forklift, when the entire front-end attachment fell on his leg fracturing it. Apparently, a safety pin was missing or defective. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, PIN, CONSTRUCTION, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, MECH MAT HANDLING, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		Under $50,000	2	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126134923			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Excavating and loading machine operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Temporary work (buildings, facilities) Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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