Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201799459 - Employee Falls and Fractures Ribs

Accident Summary Nr: 201799459 -- Report ID: 0950644 -- Event Date: 06/14/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301335683	06/17/2005	5013	423120	Fisher Tool Co, Dba, Astro Pneumatic Tool Co.

Abstract: At approximately 9:10 a.m. on June 14, 2005, Employee #1, a warehouse worker, was filling auto repair tool orders by removing the merchandise from racks. He needed get to a carton on the second level of the storage rack. Employee #1 could not reach the carton from the floor, so he climbed onto the second level of the rack and walked to the carton. As he walked away from it, he stepped onto a pallet which then fell off the rack. Employee #1 fell 5 ft 8 in., struck his torso on a horizontal bar of the rack, and fractured his right ribs.

Keywords: FRACTURE, METAL BAR, WAREHOUSE, STRUCK AGAINST, RIB, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, PALLET, WORK SURFACE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	301335683			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Supervisors; handlers,equip-cleaners,laborers nec

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