Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 142118.015 - Employee fractures foot in forklift collision

Accident Summary Nr: 142118.015 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 12/09/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1568864.015	12/14/2021		561990	Medline Industries Inc.

Abstract: At 9:28 p.m. on December 9, 2021, an employee was operating a reach truck in a warehouse aisle traveling closely behind a coworker who was operating a powered pallet jack. The coworker on the jack turned into an aisle and stopped. The employee on the reach truck also turned into the same aisle and ran into the forks of the jack. As the trucks collided, the employee's leg came out of the operator's compartment and was crushed between the truck and pallet jack. The employee was hospitalized to treat a fracture of his left foot and lacerations to his toes.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Caught Between, Collision, Crushed, Foot, Forklift, Forks, Fracture, Laceration, Pallet Jack, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Toe, Truck, Warehouse, Warehouse Aisle

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1568864.015	31	M	Hospitalized injury		Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators

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