Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201483559 - Employee injured in fall with work platform

Accident Summary Nr: 201483559 -- Report ID: 0950622 -- Event Date: 04/26/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125838144	06/07/2000	7694	0	Machinery Plus

Abstract: Employee #1 was cutting tree branches while situated on a platform elevated by a forklift. He was working on a large branch when the cut portion fell to the ground and the part remaining on the tree snapped back, striking the work platform. Employee #1 fell approximately 18 ft with the platform and the fork assembly, landing on the ground. He sustained multiple fractures, for which he was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, TREE LIMB, UNSECURED, FALL, MECH MAT HANDLING, STRUCK BY, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, WORK PLATFORM, TREE TRIMMING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125838144			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Operating engineers

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