Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 119067.015 - Employee fractures hip when struck by forklift

Accident Summary Nr: 119067.015 -- Report ID: 0419700 -- Event Date: 08/14/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1424343.015	08/19/2019		484110	Yrc Freight, Inc.

Abstract: At 11:00 p.m. on August 14, 2019, an employee was bringing dunnage into a trailer when he bent down to pick up some that had fallen. A forklift operator, backing out of a trailer, did not see the employee and struck him with the forklift truck. The employee was hospitalized to treat a fractured hip and bruised left ankle.

Keywords: Ankle, Backing Up, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Carry, Contusion, Dropped, Dunnage, Forklift, Fracture, Hip, Manual Mat Handling, Material Handling, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Struck By

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1424343.015	61	M	Hospitalized injury		Truck drivers, light

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