Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 776146 - Employee injured when thrown from forklift

Accident Summary Nr: 776146 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 10/07/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
105639090	11/30/1990	3297	0	General Refractories Company

Abstract: On October 7, 1990, Employee #1, a hacker/setter in a brick plant kiln, was driving a pallet of bricks down to the kiln floor when the forklift wheel hit a hole that was not properly covered with a steel plate. The forklift tilted and threw the employee about 12 feet to the kiln floor. Bricks struck the employee when they fell from the pallet. He sustained bruises and an acute fracture of the vertebra.

Keywords: EJECTED, FRACTURE, COVER, BRICK, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, FLOOR OPENING, PALLET, STRUCK BY, VERTEBRA, CONTUSION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	105639090			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Supervisors; handlers,equip-cleaners,laborers nec

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