Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 135149.015 - Employee fractures back in fall from telehandler man basket

Accident Summary Nr: 135149.015 -- Report ID: 0950411 -- Event Date: 04/24/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1527515.015	04/27/2021		112120	T & K Feeds, Inc.

Abstract: At 10:25 a.m. on April 24, 2021, an employee working as a painter for a dairy milking facility was working from the man basket of an LTD brand model 550 telehandler (rough terrain forklift, SN 0949) supplied by JC Bamford Excavators. The basket attachment had not been approved by the manufacturer. The employee fell from the basket to the floor below requiring hospitalization for fractures to his back.

Keywords: Back, Basket, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broken Bone, Equipment Approval, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Floor, Forklift, Forks, Fracture, Industrial Truck, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Motor, Painter, Painting, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Training, Unsecured

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1527515.015	42	M	Hospitalized injury		Painters, construction and maintenance

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