Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 116891.015 - Employee injures head on ROPS after flipping forklift over

Accident Summary Nr: 116891.015 -- Report ID: 1032500 -- Event Date: 05/23/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1406241.015	06/03/2019		562998	Future Enterprises, Inc

Abstract: At 12:30 p.m. on May 23, 2019, an employee was operating a forklift when he backed the forklift off the pavement edge and caused the back wheels to get stuck. The employee accelerated back and forth trying to free the forklift. When the employee succeeded in getting traction on the pavement with the back wheels, he forced the machine forward and flipped the forklift onto its right side. The employee was wearing seatbelt but struck the back of his head on the ROPS and required hospitalization.

Keywords: Accelerator Pedal, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Driver, Equipment Operator, Forklift, Head, Industrial Truck, Material Handling, Powered Industrial Vehicle, ROPS, Roll-Over, Seat Belt, Struck Against, Stuck

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1406241.015	57	M	Non Hospitalized injury

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