OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14485304
HERBERT F. DARLING, INC.
LEWISTON, NY·
Event description
Employee injured when struck by manbasket
Investigation abstract
At approximately 3:30 p.m. on October 3 1988, Employee #1 entered a manbasket to attach it to a 15 ton grove cherrypicker. He was climbing the ladder inside the basket when the basket began to tip over. Employee #1 slipped or jumped in an a ttempt to clear the falling basket and the basket struck him in the back. He was knocked to the ground and the basket landed on top of him. Employee #1 was hosp italized for a fractured pelvis, sacrum, and multiple fractures of the ankle.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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