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Accident Summary Nr: 170163505 - EMPLOYEE'S LEG WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN I BEAM AND FORKLIFT

Accident Summary Nr: 170163505 -- Report ID: 0950635 -- Event Date: 01/29/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
112079470	01/31/1991	3721	0	The Boeing Company

Abstract: AT ABOUT 2:30 PM ON JANUARY 29, 1991, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A CROWN ELECTRIC HAND FORKLIFT, #61142. WHILE OPERATING THIS DEVICE IN THE REVERSE MODE, HE APPARENTLY WALKED INTO A STANDARD 12-INCH HIGH LAB TEST I BEAM AT COLUMN J11. EMPLOYEE #1'S RIGHT LEG APPARENTLY BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN THE I BEAM AND THE RIGHT REAR SECTION OF THE HAND FORKLIFT, CRUSHING HIS LOWER RIGHT LEG. A SITE WITNESS RAN TO THE FORKLIFT AND GRABBED THE T-HANDLE, DRIVING THE FORKLIFT FORWARD AND RELEASING EMPLOYEE #1'S LEG. PARAMEDICS TRANSPORTED EMPLOYEE #1 TO LONG BEACH MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER FOR TREATMENT.

Keywords: BEAM, IND TRK OPERATOR, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, BACKING UP, INATTENTION, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	112079470			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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