Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202339123 - Employee Struck By Fork Of Fork Lift

Accident Summary Nr: 202339123 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 10/15/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304839533	10/16/2001	1711	0	John J. Kirlin, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 7:55 a.m. on October 15, 2001, Employee #1, a steamfitter, was helping his foreman move a pipe, which was approximately 25 feet long, through a 12-foot-wide by 1-foot-high doorway by tying the pipe parallel to the right fork of the forklift. The pipe was 14 inches in diameter and had two elbows coming off of it. Each elbow was approximately 6 feet long and 10 inches in diameter. The employees were lifting the pipe. Suddenly, the right fork came off the forklift and struck Employee #1 on his left shoulder and left hand. Employee #1 sustained a broken collar bone and a lacerated and broken left hand. His employer failed to properly train Employee #1 how to operate and use a forklift. Employee #1 was hospitalized to treat his fractured collar bone and hand.

Keywords: FRACTURE, SHOULDER, COLLARBONE, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, LACERATION, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, HAND

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerplant		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000		6

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	304839533			Hospitalized injury	Other	Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing plumbing, lighting fixtures Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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