Inspection Detail

Inspection: 303175046 - Pacific Catastrophe

Inspection Information - Office: Eugene

Inspection Nr: 303175046

Report ID: 1054114

Date Opened: 05/17/2000

Site Address:
Pacific Catastrophe
587 Shelley Street
Springfield, OR 97477

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:1521

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 05/22/2000

Planning Guide: Safety-Construction

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 05/22/2000

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 201200904

Event: 05/03/2000

Employee's leg fractured in fall from elevated platform

Employee #1 was using a 4 by 8 ft sheet of plywood balanced on the tines of a forklift as a work platform to load a copier through a second-story wall opening onto the forklift. He was kneeling on the sheet of plywood to position the wooden guides for the wheels of the copier when he shifted his weight onto an unsupported part of the plywood. The elevated platform collapsed and Employee #1 fell 9 ft. He suffered a compound fracture of his left fibula and was transported to the hospital. His recovery time was estimated at nine to ten weeks, without complications.

Keywords: LOADING, FRACTURE, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, FALL, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, WORK SURFACE, LEG

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	303175046			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters

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