Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201520764 - Employee injured when a metal box fell onto his legs

Accident Summary Nr: 201520764 -- Report ID: 0111500 -- Event Date: 04/16/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
123302796	04/17/2000	3341	0	Metal Management Inc. Northeast

Abstract: Employee #1 received multiple serious fractures and systemic trauma while grinding a weld on a 40,000 pound metal box called a bonnet. A forklift operator, attempting to pick up a piece of scrap, had pushed the piece under the bonnet. As the operator tried to lift the scrap piece up, he also lifted the bonnet, which fell over onto Employee #1's back and legs as he was squatting while grinding a part. Employee #1 was hospitalized with a fracture.

Keywords: FRACTURE, METAL SHEET, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, STRUCK BY, CONTUSION, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	123302796			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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