Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201127636 - Employee Is Injured When Forklift Falls Off Dock

Accident Summary Nr: 201127636 -- Report ID: 0950613 -- Event Date: 07/12/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310098058	07/13/2010	1542	236220	Trainor Commercial Construction, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 2:00 p.m. on July 12, 2010, an employee and coworker, a carpenter, were discarding the furniture at the debris box. The employee was backing up the forklift over the dock plate area. The coworker saw the left hand portion of the forklift off the dock edge and he yelled to warn the employee to jump just as the forklift went over the edge. The employee was injured when the forklift he was operating fell off the loading dock. The employee was admitted to Stanford Hospital, where he underwent surgery for injuries including a broken left femur.

Keywords: FRACTURE, CARPENTER, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, FALL, STRUCK BY, LOADING DOCK, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	3

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310098058			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Temporary work (buildings, facilities) Fatality Cause: Unloading-loading equipment/material (except by cr

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