Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201330115 - TWO INJURED IN FALL OF UNSECURED WORK PLATFORM FROM FORKLIFT

Accident Summary Nr: 201330115 -- Report ID: 0213600 -- Event Date: 07/20/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
106864473	08/10/1998	1796	0	Whitesville Wood Products Co. Inc. Dba Corn Veneer

Abstract: Employee #1 and Employee #2 were in a "cage type" work platform supported by the forks of a powered industrial truck. Employees #1 and #2 had just installed an overhead steam line. As the cage was being lowered, a corner of the cage contacted the top of an open door of a nearby machine. The cage tilted and fell off the forks, and landed on top of Employee #1, seriously injuring him. Employee #2 suffered serious injuries in the fall of approximately 10 ft. to the concrete floor. The cage was designed to be used with trucks having 5-in.-wide forks that would be inserted into enclosed channels on the bottom of the cage. The cage was being used with a truck having 6-in.-wide forks that would not fit into the enclosed channels of the cage and was not secured to the truck in any other way.

Keywords: PLATFORM, FRACTURE, UNSECURED, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, FALL, STRUCK BY, WORK PLATFORM, INATTENTION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		Alteration or rehabilitation		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	2	24

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	106864473			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 10 feet Cause: Interior plumbing, ducting, electrical work Fatality Cause: Fall from vehicle (vehicle/construction equipment)
2	106864473			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 10 feet Cause: Interior plumbing, ducting, electrical work Fatality Cause: Fall from vehicle (vehicle/construction equipment)

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