Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 656173 - Employee's knee bruised in same-level fall

Accident Summary Nr: 656173 -- Report ID: 0134000 -- Event Date: 10/25/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
113546808	10/25/2000	4225	0	Kmart Corporation

Abstract: Employee #1 was assigned to adjust some stock at the top of a pallet, which required that he be raised from a guarded work platform. He had on a full body harness and was attached by a lanyard and chain to the top rail of the guardrail system. This allowed Employee #1 to exit the work platform and climb onto the pallet to adjust the stock. He was standing on the pallet when a piece of wood broke and he fell through up to his crotch. Employee #1 sustained bruises to his knee.

Keywords: BOARD, KNEE, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, FALL, PALLET, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, CONTUSION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	113546808			Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported

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