Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 95644.015 - Employee injures leg when struck by 2,000 pound soybean seed

Accident Summary Nr: 95644.015 -- Report ID: 0454715 -- Event Date: 05/16/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1233405.015	05/17/2017		424910	First Farmers Cooperative

Abstract: At 10:15 a.m. on May 16, 2017, an employee was using a forklift to load super sacks that were full of soybean seed onto a truck for a customer. The employee struck a super sack of soybean seed in an adjacent row from where he was pulling from. Soybean seeds from the punctured sack started to spill out. The employee exited the cab of the forklift and was applying tape to the torn area of the sack when another soybean seed sack fell on him. The sack weighed approximately 2,000 pounds, which resulted in the employee sustaining a torn ACL and MCL.

Keywords: Agriculture, Falling Object, Knee, Material Handling

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1233405.015	36	M	Hospitalized injury

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