January 10, 1992
NC · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
POWERED HAULAGE
B & W Stone Company · Struck by falling object
A STAND UP BATTERY CHARGER WAS HOOKED UP TO START A JOHN DEER FORKLIFT. WHEN THE CONNECTIONS WERE MADE, THE EMPLOYEE REACHED ACROSS THE STEERING WHEEL TO START THE MACHINE, THINING SAME WAS OU T OF GEAR. THE FORKLIFT WENT INTO REVERSE, KNOCKING THE BATTERY CHARGER INTO HIM CAUSING HIM TO GO TO THE GROUND WITH THE CHARGE LANDING BETWEEN HIS LEGS CAUSING A BREAK TO THE PELVIS BONE.