Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 935015 - Employee killed when struck by falling pipe rack platform

Accident Summary Nr: 935015 -- Report ID: 0112600 -- Event Date: 01/12/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
102771250	01/12/1999	3944	0	Edaron, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was being raised on an improper work platform on the forks of a forklift to a height of at least 10 ft to re-install a ceiling heating element . When he stepped outside the confines of the pipe rack/pallet assembly and around to the front, the platform tilted forward. The whole apparatus, which was not secured to the forks of the forklift, then fell with Employee #1 to the floor of the dock area. He was struck by the pipe rack and sustained head injuries, from which he died.

Keywords: HEAD, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, FALL, MECH MAT HANDLING, STRUCK BY, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, WORK PLATFORM, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	102771250			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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