Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202454559 - Employee Sustains Multiple Fractures When Load Falls

Accident Summary Nr: 202454559 -- Report ID: 0950642 -- Event Date: 04/05/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310491352	04/21/2008	0252	112310	Nichols Egg Ranch

Abstract: On April 5, 2008, Employee #1, an equipment operator, was loading a 48-foot container with baskets of eggs using a battery operated Yale model pallet jack, manufactured in 2003. He lost his grip on the handle bar of the pallet jack, causing the load to tilt towards the driver's side. He got off of the pallet jack and attempted to brace the load with his hands, but was overwhelmed by the weight of the load, and it fell on him. Employee #1 sustained multiple fractures, and was transported to Arcadia Methodist Hospital by the paramedics, where he remained hospitalized for four days.

Keywords: FRACTURE, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, MECH MAT HANDLING, PALLET, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, UNSTABLE LOAD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	310491352			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators

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