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Accident Summary Nr: 202597928 - Employee Is Injured When Struck by Falling Load

Accident Summary Nr: 202597928 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 07/29/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
313506057	07/30/2009	4225	493110	Kuehne + Nagel Inc Dba Kuehne & Nagel Inc

Abstract: On July 29, 2009, Employee #1 was operating a rider pallet truck (Crown, Model Number PE4000-60, Serial Number 6A234414, Identification Number DTV-017, 6000 lbs capacity) to transport a palleted load in a warehouse. The pallet truck was equipped with a load backrest. The load weighed 870 Lbs and consisted of 48 shrink-wrapped corrugated boxes stacked on a standard wooden pallet. As Employee #1 backed with the load, a similar palleted load adjacent to the one he was moving fell onto him. Employee #1 was transported to Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, and then transferred to Loma Linda University Medical Center, where he was admitted for treatment of a back fracture.

Keywords: FRACTURE, PALLETIZED CARGO, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, BACK, CRUSHED, PALLET, STRUCK BY, VERTEBRA, UNSTABLE LOAD, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	313506057			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Supervisors, material moving equipment operators

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