Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201800158 - Employee sustains fracture from being struck by falling bags

Accident Summary Nr: 201800158 -- Report ID: 0950644 -- Event Date: 07/05/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301335964	07/21/2005	4225	493110	Capitol Distribution Co.

Abstract: On July 5, 2005, Employee #1 and a coworker were unloading food bags, 50 pounds each, from a pallet inside a railroad car. A load of bags near adjacent, dual-stacked pallets became unbalanced and fell on Employee #1, fracturing his leg. Employee #1 was hospitalized for three days. The coworker stated that some stacked pallets had already become unbalanced inside the railcar during transition and the load fell when a pallet supporting the food bags, 5 to 9 ft high, broke due to defective wood parts. There was no forklift in use inside rail car and the bags were being unloaded manually by employees.

Keywords: FRACTURE, PALLETIZED CARGO, PALLET, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, LEG, UNSTABLE LOAD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	301335964			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Freight, stock and material handlers, n.e.c.

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