Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202074878 - Employee injured when forklift strikes scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 202074878 -- Report ID: 0453730 -- Event Date: 04/10/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305282253	04/10/2002	1542	0	Beam Construction Company, Inc

Abstract: On April 10, 2002, Employee #1 was on a 14-ft-high scaffold constructing a masonry wall for a kitchen addition to a middle school. A coworker was operating a LULL, 844C-42 forklift on a surface that sloped towards the scaffold. While turning, the forklift tipped over and struck the scaffold. Employee #1 fell on the scaffold platform and sustained contusions and abrasions.

Keywords: CONSTRUCTION, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, ABRASION, SLOPING, CONTUSION, OVERTURN, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000	1	14

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	305282253			Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Brickmasons and stonemasons apprentices	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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