Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 114712.015 - Employee's legs are broken by falling forklift battery

Accident Summary Nr: 114712.015 -- Report ID: 0111700 -- Event Date: 03/16/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1386895.015	03/18/2019		452910	Bj'S Wholesale Club

Abstract: At 12:30 a.m. on March 16, 2019, an employee was working for a big box warehouse club and supercenter. He and a coworker were maintaining a lead-acid battery in a Crown model number RM 6000 forklift. They were removing the battery from the forklift so that they could add water to it. The coworker was pushing it, and the employee was pulling it. The battery tipped over onto the employee's legs. His legs were pinned between the battery and the floor. He suffered fractures to both legs, to the tibia and fibula. The narrative did not say which bones were broken in which leg. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: Battery, Caught By, Falling Object, Forklift, Fracture, Leg, Maintenance, Pinned, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Tibia

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1386895.015	25	M	Hospitalized injury		Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.

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