Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 777805 - Employee suffers multiple fractures in fall from storage bin

Accident Summary Nr: 777805 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 12/12/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
105586812	12/13/1988	5411	0	Smiths Management Corp

Abstract: Employee #1 was operating a Courier automated storage retrieval system preparing for a grocery shipment. A pallet in the storage bins was protruding and needed to be pushed back into place because it was preventing the Courier system from operating properly. Employee #1 climbed a fixed ladder to an upper platform on the Courier but, because he was still below the protruding pallet, he left the platform to climb further up the shelf or bin structure to the pallet. Employee #1 was pushing the protruding pallet with his foot when a board on the pallet broke, causing Employee #1 to fall approximately 25 ft onto the concrete floor. Suffering multiple fractures, Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, COLLAPSE, STORAGE BIN, WORK RULES, STRUCK AGAINST, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, PALLET, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	105586812			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks

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