Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201486511 - Employee Falls and Strikes Head on Pavement

Accident Summary Nr: 201486511 -- Report ID: 0950622 -- Event Date: 03/09/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125756635	05/06/2004	5261	444220	John Deere Landscaping

Abstract: An employee and two coworkers were loading a metal pipe rack onto a 5-ton flat bed truck with a forklift. The rack was not loaded evenly and the employee and a coworker tried pushing the legs onto the truck. The second coworker was operating the forklift. The rack fell forward and struck the employee on the legs. The force knocked him backwards and he hit his head on the pavement. The employee was treated at scene and then transported to the hospital where he remained there for two weeks with a fractured skull and memory loss.

Keywords: STRUCTURE MOVING, FRACTURE, HEAD, FALL, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, UNSTABLE LOAD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125756635			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Laborers, except construction

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