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Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 116498.015 - Employee Ejected From Forklift Sustains Multiple Fractures

**Accident: 116498.015 -- Report ID: 0950614 -- Event Date: 02/26/2019**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1383214.015	03/08/2019		California Sierra Express, Inc.

At 8:30 a.m. on February 26, 2021, an employee was operating a forklift without wearing the seat belt. The employee struck a pillar with the front left side of the forklift and was ejected and thrown to the concrete floor. He suffered fract ures to the ribs, face, and breastbone and was hospitalized.

Keywords: abdomen, blunt force, blunt force trauma, chest, column, concrete, driver, ejected, elbow, face, fall, fracture, industrial truck, motor vehicle, powered industrial vehicle, rib, seat belt, steel column, walk-behind fo

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	1383214.015	57	M	Hospitalized injury		Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators

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