Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201400231 - Employee injured when elevated platform tips over

Accident Summary Nr: 201400231 -- Report ID: 0552651 -- Event Date: 01/16/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
124847096	01/23/1997	1761	0	Maritime Siding Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 and the owner of Maritime Siding got on the work platform attached to the forks of an articulating extensible-boom fork truck. The forks were not secured correctly and, when Employee #1 walked toward the owner, their combined weight tipped the platform. They fell to the ground, and Employee #1 sustained minor injuries.

Keywords: UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, FALL, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, WORK PLATFORM, OVERTURN, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	3

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	124847096			Non Hospitalized injury	Strain/Sprain	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 20 feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Connecting Fatality Cause: Fall from vehicle (vehicle/construction equipment)

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