Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 101256.015 - Employee injures leg while riding on the back of a forklift

Accident Summary Nr: 101256.015 -- Report ID: 0214500 -- Event Date: 07/21/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1255429.015	08/15/2017		333318	Minda Supply Company

Abstract: At 12:35 p.m. on July 21, 2017, an employee was working for a firm engaged in manufacturing commercial and service industry machinery. He and a coworker were using a Toyota powered industrial truck to pick hangars. The employee was riding on the back of the forklift. As the forklift was backing up, the employee's leg struck a steel column. The employee sustained a compound fracture to his right tibia and fibula. He was hospitalized for two or more days.

Keywords: Backing Up, Caught Between, Column, Fracture, Ind Trk Operator, Industrial Truck, Leg, Riding on Equipment, Steel Column, Struck Against, Tibia

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1255429.015	24	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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