Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201039989 - Employee Is Struck by Falling Box, Sustains Fractures Foot

Accident Summary Nr: 201039989 -- Report ID: 0950635 -- Event Date: 12/21/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309908531	03/04/2008	7363	561320	Staffcheck Inc

Abstract: At approximately 4:30 a.m. on December 21, 2007, Employee #1 was unloading a rail car of 40-pound boxes of frozen meat. Employee #1 and one other laborer were in the rail car unstacking the boxes and loading them onto a forklift bucket. While unstacking the boxes of frozen meat, the stack collapsed onto Employee #1's leg fracturing his right foot. Coworkers called for medical assistance and Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, MANUAL MAT HANDLING, BOXCAR, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, FOOT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	309908531			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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