Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 131304.015 - Employee fractures leg in forklift accident, is later amputa

Accident Summary Nr: 131304.015 -- Report ID: 0522500 -- Event Date: 11/17/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1503851.015	11/24/2020		424910	Ohio Mulch Supply, Inc.

Abstract: At 12:30 p.m. on November 17, 2020, an employee was driving around on a forklift. The employee was operating the forklift fast and going up and down a concrete ramp in a figure "8." As the employee turned to go back up the ramp, the tires hit the bottom edge of the ramp, causing the forklift to be knocked off balance, resulting in the forklift tipping over. The employee was not secured in the forklift, and the cage of the forklift fell onto the employee's leg. The employee suffered a compound fracture to the left leg, resulting in an elected amputation. The employee was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Cage, Compound Fracture, Crushed, Driving, Forklift, Leg, Ramp, Struck By, Surgical Amputation, Tips Over, Unsecured

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1503851.015	27	M	Hospitalized injury		Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators

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