Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 100127.015 - Employee jumps from truck and fractures leg

Accident Summary Nr: 100127.015 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 09/21/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1271576.015	10/24/2017		484110	Usf Reddaway Inc.

Abstract: At 12:00 p.m. on September 21, 2017, Employee #1, a new pick-up and delivery driver, was delivering a load of soil to a garden nursery. The employee was driving a 28 foot bobtail truck to deliver 4 pallets of soil, weighing a total of 8,184 pounds. He parked the truck on a street that was at a slight incline, and was attempting to use a non-powered pallet jack to remove the pallets of soils. Employee #1 successfully off-loaded one pallet and returned to the back of the truck for another. As he was standing between the loaded pallet jack, which was in the truck, and the liftgate on the back of the truck, the loaded pallet jack started to roll towards him on the liftgate. To avoid being struck by the load, the employee jumped off of the liftgate and onto the ground. Employee #1 suffered a fractured left tibia and fibula, and was hospitalized for his injuries.

Keywords: Delivery Work, Fracture, Leg, Pallet, Truck

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1271576.015	32	M	Hospitalized injury

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