Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201633906 - Employee injures head when ejected from forklift

Accident Summary Nr: 201633906 -- Report ID: 1054111 -- Event Date: 07/24/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
306634189	07/24/2003	1622	237310	Carter & Company Inc

Abstract: At approximately 1:45 p.m. on July 24, 2003, Employee #1 was lowering a steel structure weighing approximately 3,000 pounds over the side of a bridge with a Gradall forklift. As he lifted the structure over the guardrail, he ran up on the 6.5-inch bull rail at the edge of the bridge roadway. The forklift became unbalanced and tipped forward, ejecting the employee. He went over the guardrail and into the river approximately 24 feet below. He sustained a laceration to the back of his head and a concussion and was hospitalized.

Keywords: EJECTED, HEAD, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, LACERATION, RIVER, BRIDGE, CONCUSSION, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Bridge		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000		24

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	306634189			Hospitalized injury	Concussion	Supervisors, material moving equipment operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 24 feet Cause: Placing bridge girders and beams Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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