Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 136025.015 - Employee fractures hip when struck by forklift

Accident Summary Nr: 136025.015 -- Report ID: 0950635 -- Event Date: 08/18/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1497293.015	10/06/2020		484230	Usf Reddaway, Inc

Abstract: At 9:00 a.m. on August 18, 2020, an employee, a forklift operator, had removed pallets from the back of a truck and was filling out his paperwork using his forklift as a table. While the employee was hunched over and focused on the paperwork, another forklift operator was repositioning his forklift and was looking over his right shoulder and reversing. The employee was struck by the rear left side of the forklift which was in the drivers blind spot. The employee was hospitalized to treat a fractured hip.

Keywords: Backing Up, Blunt force trauma, Forklift, Fracture, Hip, Material Handling, Off Loading, Struck By, Tractor Trailer

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1497293.015	66	M	Hospitalized injury		Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators

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