Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 664029 - Employee injured when struck by falling object

Accident Summary Nr: 664029 -- Report ID: 0112000 -- Event Date: 03/03/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
102793478	03/03/1998	1761	0	Hartford Roofing Company, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 and a coworker placed a roofer's scale box on the forks of a fork truck. The coworker drove the truck outside and placed the forks, with the scale box on them, on the roof of an enclosed dumpster. The two workers then climbed a ladder to the dumpster roof and emptied material from the scale box into an opening in the dumpster. When they were finished, the coworker climbed down the ladder and got into the driver's seat of the fork truck while Employee #1 got into the scale box. The coworker started to back up as he lowered the forks. When the forks were approximately 4 ft above the ground, the left front tire caught a soft spot in the dirt and the truck tilted to the left. Employee #1 jumped from the scale box just as it slid off the forks, but a section of the box struck the side of his body. He sustained minor injuries and was released from the hospital the following day.

Keywords: UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, RIDING ON EQUIPMENT, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, FALL, MECH MAT HANDLING, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, WORK SURFACE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000	2	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	102793478			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 4 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Fall from vehicle (vehicle/construction equipment)

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