Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201480662 - EMPLOYEE INJURED IN FALLING PERSONNEL BASKET ON FORKLIFT

Accident Summary Nr: 201480662 -- Report ID: 0950622 -- Event Date: 06/26/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111934014	12/09/1997	2033	0	J.R. Wood Inc

Abstract: On June 26, 1996, Employee #1 and a coworker were assigned to clean and sanitize the overhead conveyor of the Apple Dump. Employee #1 was elevated in a personnel basket on a forklift to a height of 13 feet 10 inches. The coworker who was operating the forklift left the controls and went around to the Apple Dump Bin. Employee #1 called for him to come back and lower him down. The basket, which was chained to the lift, caught on part of the overhead conveyor system. The chain broke, and the basket was pulled off of the forks of the lift. Employee #1 fell along with the personnel basket and suffered major head trauma.

Keywords: PERSONNEL CAGE, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, CONVEYOR, FALL, CONCUSSION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111934014			Hospitalized injury	Other	Janitors and cleaners

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