Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201159225 - Employee's leg is injured when struck by paper rolls

Accident Summary Nr: 201159225 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 03/25/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300865490	04/07/2004	2672	322222	Laminations

Abstract: At about 10:20 p.m. on March 25, 2004, Employee #1 was stacking a set of paper rolls (each 6-in. thick, 51.5-in diameter, and weighing about 200 lbs). As he turned to put a metal rod into the set of rolls that was ready to stack, three other rolls (all weighing about 600 lbs) fell onto his right leg. Employee #1 was hospitalized for a compound fracture of his lower right leg.

Keywords: FRACTURE, IND TRK OPERATOR, PAPER ROLL, CAUGHT BETWEEN, PAPER, FALLING OBJECT, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300865490			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators

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