Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 119512.015 - Employee Fractures Both Legs In Forklift Collision At Wareho

Accident Summary Nr: 119512.015 -- Report ID: 0524700 -- Event Date: 08/30/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1428002.015	09/03/2019		493110	Walgreen Co.

Abstract: At 10:30 a.m. on August 30, 2019, an employee was driving down a warehouse aisle on a reach forklift. A coworker was also driving down the same aisle in a reach forklift and both vehicles were traveling carriage forward in the same direction. When the first forklift stopped suddenly, the second forklift ran into the forks of the stopped reach forklift. The employee sustained a compound fracture of one leg and fracture of the other leg and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Broken Bone, Collision, Compound Fracture, Forklift, Forks, Fracture, Ind Trk Operator, Leg, Material Handling, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Warehouse, Warehouse Aisle

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1428002.015	30	M	Hospitalized injury		Stock handlers and baggers

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