Mobile Lumber & Building Materials, Inc.

Struck bump, hole, rough terrain on driving surface, nonroadway — Cuts, lacerations — FOLEY, ALABAMA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Mobile Lumber & Building Materials, Inc. in FOLEY, ALABAMA
Employer Mobile Lumber & Building Materials, Inc. Report ID 2021032248
Address D.R. Horton America Builders - Baldwin County, 14400 Headlands Lane City, State ZIP FOLEY, ALABAMA 36536
Event Date March 15, 2021 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Cuts, lacerations Body Part Scalp
Event Type Struck bump, hole, rough terrain on driving surface, nonroadway Source of Injury Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
Secondary Source Curbs
Industry (NAICS) 236220 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 30.42000, -87.70000

Incident Narrative

An employee was unloading a small bundle of lumber from a truck using a forklift. As he backed away from the truck, the forklift's rear wheel rolled into a curb. The resulting jolt caused the top of the employee's head to strike the forklift's roll-over protective cage. He suffered a laceration to the top of the head.

Incident Summary

On March 15, 2021, a worker at Mobile Lumber & Building Materials, Inc. in FOLEY, ALABAMA suffered cuts, lacerations to the scalp. The incident was classified as struck bump, hole, rough terrain on driving surface, nonroadway, with forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

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