Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201631918 - Employee Fractured Vertebrae when Load of Plywood Toppled

Accident Summary Nr: 201631918 -- Report ID: 1054112 -- Event Date: 06/08/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304611700	06/15/2001	5021	0	Canac Kitchens Us Limited

Abstract: An employee sustained a fractured neck when a load of plywood toppled as he was preparing to unload it from a delivery van. The load toppled over when he released the straps that secured the stack of material vertically inside the van. The employee was hospitalized.

Keywords: LOADING, FRACTURE, LOAD SHIFT, CAUGHT BETWEEN, TRUCK, LOAD BINDER, NECK, TIE-OFF, VERTEBRA, UNSTABLE LOAD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	304611700			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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