Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 567743 - Employee killed when struck by falling corrugated boxes

Accident Summary Nr: 567743 -- Report ID: 0627100 -- Event Date: 08/19/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
110341591	08/21/1996	2676	0	Rockline Industries Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1, a material handler in a warehouse, was moving pallets of bundled corrugated boxes to the production line by using a "walkie riding" Hyster hand jack. Other material handlers using forklifts would place the pallets on the floor where Employee #1 could get to the pallets with the hand jack. Employee #1 had put his hand jack under a pallet on the floor when he was seen running away from the jack. The stacked pallets fell toward him and a bundle of boxes struck him in the neck, pushing him face down onto the concrete floor. He sustained a head fracture and was killed.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, PALLETIZED CARGO, WAREHOUSE, WORK RULES, NECK, STRUCK BY, WALK-BEHIND FORKLIFT, FALLING OBJECT, UNSTABLE LOAD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	110341591			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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