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Accident Summary Nr: 201169695 - Employee Falls from Forklift and Fractures Ribs

Accident Summary Nr: 201169695 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 11/28/2007
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
12620152412/13/20074512481112Mercury Air Cargo Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 was inside a bin (4-ft by 4-ft by 4-ft 5-in.'' in height) and was elevated approximately 14 ft above the ground by forklift. Employee #1 has finished two rows of inventory checking and was just about to start a new section which was next to a warehouse gate. The gate was approximately 17-ft 3-in. above the ground. Inventories were on shelves with each section being 69-in. high and the highest shelf was 16-ft 6-in. above the ground. The forklift driver made a u-turn and the bin hit the doorway. Employee #1 inside the bin fell with the bin onto the ground. Employee #1 suffered nine broken spots on his six left ribs. Employee #1 was hospitalized for three days.

Keywords: FRACTURE, STRUCK AGAINST, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, RIB, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, DOOR

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation
1 126201524 Hospitalized injury Fracture Occupation not reported

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