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Accident Summary Nr: 111300.015 - Employee impales and amputates leg when caught by conveyor w

Accident Summary Nr: 111300.015 -- Report ID: 0729300 -- Event Date: 11/16/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1362341.015	11/28/2018		424820	Lohr Wine And Spirits

Abstract: At 1:30 a.m. on November 16, 2018, an employee was moving a forklift that had been parked in the way of traffic by a coworker and was rotating it into position when he backed it into the corner of a static conveyor. The employee pinned his right leg between the forklift and the conveyor, impaling it on a support bracket. The employee's leg was amputated due to poor blood circulation after a tourniquet had been applied. The employee was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Backing Up, Circulatory Blockage, Conveyor, Forklift, Impaled, Leg

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1362341.015	39	M	Hospitalized injury		Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators

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