Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 608547 - Employee falls from unstable and overloaded forklift

Accident Summary Nr: 608547 -- Report ID: 0418100 -- Event Date: 12/14/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
106513922	12/14/1993	1799	0	Florida Construction Specialists

Abstract: Employee #1 had loaded equipment on a platform that was placed over a forklift's forks and was going to the second level of the building while the forklift operator elevated the loaded platform. He crossed over guardrails to the second level and stepped onto the elevated platform to offload the equipment. His added weight created an unbalanced elevated platform and the entire platform, with the equipment and Employee #1, fell 18 ft 3 in. to the ground. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: UNSECURED, WORK RULES, OVERLOADED, CONSTRUCTION, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, FALL, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	106513922			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported

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