Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 809939 - Employee injured as forklift falls through collapsed floor

Accident Summary Nr: 809939 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 01/16/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
3024825	03/15/1988	2211	0	Fieldcrest Cannon, Inc. Plant #1

Abstract: Employee #1 was the operator of a forklift equipped with a personnel cage. While a coworker was being raised in the cage to replace a damaged sprinkler head, the ramp flooring gave way and the forklift fell approximately 4 ft to the ground. Employee #1 sustained a fractured wrist when it was caught between the forklift's overhead guard and the adjacent warehouse wall. The coworker sustained minor bruises during the fall.

Keywords: FRACTURE, IND TRK OPERATOR, WALL, COLLAPSE, RAMP, ROPS, CAUGHT BETWEEN, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, FALL, WRIST

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	3024825			Non Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Industrial machinery repairers

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