Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201633252 - Employee injured in fall from elevated work platform

Accident Summary Nr: 201633252 -- Report ID: 1054112 -- Event Date: 02/05/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
306010620	02/18/2003	5141	424410	Sysco Food Services Of Portland Inc

Abstract: On February 5, 2003, Employee #1, a maintenance worker, was on a personnel platform attached to a forklift defrosting a refrigeration evaporation unit in the ceiling of a cold storage warehouse. A hydraulic hose on the forklift failed and the platform dropped onto a rack of storage shelving 27 ft above the floor. As the forklift mast came down, one of the chains securing the platform to the forklift failed, throwing the platform from the forks. Employee #1 was thrown out of the platform and was suspended by his safety harness with lanyard attached to the platform. When the other chain securing the platform to the forklift failed, both the platform and Employee #1 fell to the concrete floor. He was hospitalized for fractures.

Keywords: FRACTURE, MAINTENANCE, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, STORAGE RACK, ELEVATED WORK PLAT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	306010620			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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