Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201620531 - Employee Injured By Falling Cabinet

Accident Summary Nr: 201620531 -- Report ID: 1054116 -- Event Date: 10/24/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303920896	10/25/2000	2421	0	Rlc Industries Co

Abstract: A forklift driver was placing a fourth unit of plywood on a stack when a sticker (a 4-in.-by-4-in.-by-4-ft wooden board) caught on the unit of plywood being set. The sticker projected ahead of the unit of plywood and as the operator drove forward to set the unit of plywood down the sticker pushed off the top portion of the plywood unit behind. The sheets of plywood fell approximately 10-to-14-ft, struck a storage cabinet and tipped it over. Employee #1 was on the back side of the storage cabinet as it fell over. Employee #1 attempted to escape the area but sustained a fracture of the left lower leg when the cabinet landed on his leg. Employee #1 suffered a fracture and was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, STORAGE AREA, INATTENTION, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	303920896			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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