Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 95110.015 - Employee is injured by falling A steel platform

Accident Summary Nr: 95110.015 -- Report ID: 0524500 -- Event Date: 04/20/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1228493.015	04/24/2017		311111	Midwestern Pet Foods, Inc.

Abstract: At 7:20 a.m. on April 20, 2017, an employee was guiding the movement of a steel work platform by forklift. As the employee was walking beside the steel work platform being moved by the forklift, which was traveling backwards, the platform became entangled with nearby pallets of products. The work platform fell from the tines of the forklift and struck the employee. The employee sustained dislocated arms and multiple contusions, which he was hospitalized and received treatment.

Keywords: Crushing, Elevated Work Platform, Falling Object, Material Handling, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Struck By

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1228493.015	37	M	Hospitalized injury		Miscelaneous food preparation occupations

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