Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201180874 - Crate Falls From Fork Lift Striking Employee

Accident Summary Nr: 201180874 -- Report ID: 0950611 -- Event Date: 10/14/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300890282	11/08/2001	1741	0	Uni-Tile & Marble, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 2:37 p.m. on October 14, 2001, Employee #1, a warehouseman for Uni-Tile & Marble, Incorporated, was helping to offload a truckload of tile. He was standing on the truck bed as another employee operated a forklift. The forklift lifted a crate of tiles. The crate fell off of the blades striking Employee #1 on his left shoulder and back. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was taken to SFGH, where he was treated for a minor shoulder separation, bruised back, bruised left knee, and four fractured ribs.

Keywords: KNEE, FRACTURE, SHOULDER, CRATE, LOAD SHIFT, BACK, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, DISLOCATED, STRUCK BY, CONTUSION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000		6

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300890282			Hospitalized injury	Dislocation	Freight, stock and material handlers, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior tile work (ceramic, vinyl, acoustic) Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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