UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Abstract: At approximately 12:05 p.m., On October 21, 2010, Employee #1, a 19 year-old male with Clarion Construction Inc., was working with a coworker and were manually putting the trash from the inside of the scissor lift into the wooden container (situated on the forks of a forklift). Employee #1 stated that he climbed out of the scissor lift basket into the wooden container to stomp the trash down and that the wooden container was not tied (off) to the forks. Employee #1 remembers stomping the trash but was unable to remember falling to the ground. According to the employer's "Accident/Incident Report" it states that the elevated wooden trash box titled and Employee #1 fell approximately six feet to the ground. Employee #1 sustained serious injuries to his face when he fell out of a wooden trash container, striking his face on the concrete floor of a refrigerated warehouse under construction. Employee #1 was transported to Riverside Community Hospital and surgery was performed. Employee #1 was hospitalized for four days. Employee #1 was a temporary employee and the employer is a general contractor.