Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201184504 - Employee's Leg Is Fractured by Falling Equipment

Accident Summary Nr: 201184504 -- Report ID: 0950611 -- Event Date: 07/11/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311059604	07/14/2008	1796	238290	North Bay Overhead Doors, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 1:30 p.m. on July 11, 2008, a foreman was operating a Hyster Forklift (Model Number 60XM #600; Serial Number D177B217795) at a garage entrance of a construction site. A two-month apprentice was assisting the forklift operator in getting a 25-foot by 7-inch-diameter overhead garage door barrel, weighing 800 pounds to 1000 pounds, through a 14-foot by 6-inch lane opening. When the foreman backed over the curb ramp, with the forklift mast fully reclined, the unsecured barrel, which was balanced on one fork, rolled off, hitting the apprentice's right knee. The apprentice sustained a fracture to his right tibia, near the ankle, and a compound fracture to his right fibula. Emergency responders took the apprentice to St. Francis Hospital, where he had surgery. The apprentice was released on July 14, 2008.

Keywords: FRACTURE, TIBIA, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, FALLING OBJECT, LEG, UNSTABLE LOAD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	311059604			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing windows and doors, glazing Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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