Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 976225 - Employee injured when struck by falling paper bales

Accident Summary Nr: 976225 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 01/05/1989
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104070305	01/10/1989	2679	0	Kieffer Paper Mills Inc

Abstract: At 11:10 a.m. on January 5, 1989, Employee #1 was using a Hyster forklift to remove the top two scrap paper bales, weighing 1,900 lb. each, from a stack of four at an outdoor storage/staging area. He backed up 18 in. and then left the forklift to relieve himself close to the remaining stacks of scrap bales. He had turned to walk back to the forklift when the top two bales from the immediately adjoining stack fell and struck him. He sustained a fractured collarbone, four fractured ribs, and a fractured right femur. He also shattered his pelvis in five places and badly shattered his right knee.

Keywords: KNEE, FRACTURE, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, PELVIS, RIB, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, LEG, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104070305			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators

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