Inspection Detail

Inspection: 308687417 - Raa - Elkridge

Inspection Information - Office: Department Of Labor, Licensing, And Regulation Division Of Labor And Industry Maryland Occupational Safety And Health

Inspection Nr: 308687417

Report ID: 0352440

Date Opened: 02/23/2005

Site Address:
Raa - Elkridge
7170 Kit Kat Road
Elkridge, MD 21075

Mailing Address:
1001 Fannin, Houston, TX 77002

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:8999

NAICS: 562920/Materials Recovery Facilities

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 06/20/2005

Emphasis: S:Crushed-By, S:Falls, S:General Industry, S:Struck-By

Case Closed: 06/20/2005

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	102357324

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 202356432

Event: 02/23/2005

Employee Receives Laceration When Struck by Bale

On February 23, 2005, Employee #1 was using a Caterpillar model number DP40 forklift to move material. As he stood alongside the forklift and a loading dock waiting for another load of material, a second forklift, a model number C579 Komatsu, moved about on the loading dock. The operator of the Komatsu was stacking a bale of recycled paper on top of another bale of paper, when the upper bale fell off the forklift and struck Employee #1. Employee #1 received a dislocated collarbone and a facial laceration. He was hospitalized. The employer has a written work rule not to operate forklifts in the direction of employees who are in front of the forks.

Keywords: WAREHOUSE, WORK RULES, COLLARBONE, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, LACERATION, DISLOCATED, STRUCK BY, FACE, FALLING OBJECT

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	308687417			Hospitalized injury	Dislocation	Freight, stock and material handlers, n.e.c.

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