Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201107810 - Worker Jumps from Elevation, Fractures Both Heels and Ankles

Accident Summary Nr: 201107810 -- Report ID: 0950624 -- Event Date: 03/16/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125813170	05/30/2006	0172	111332	L.V. Thompson Farming

Abstract: On March 16, 2006, a supervisor and a lead mechanic were using a forklift to place trash into a semi-truck trash container. The two employees had tied two large pallets together to build a platform and placed the trash on the platform. The trash got stuck and would not drop off the platform into the dumpster, so the supervisor got on top of the platform and was lifted approximately 11 ft in the air. As the supervisor was tossing trash into the bin, the trash became entangled and caught the supervisors clothing. The supervisor jumped away from the trash and off the platform. The supervisor sustained fractured heels and ankles on both feet and was hospitalized.

Keywords: CLOTHING, PLATFORM, FRACTURE, CAUGHT BY, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, TRACTOR--TRUCK, WORK SURFACE, ANKLE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125813170			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Supervisors; handlers,equip-cleaners,laborers nec

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