Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170189401 - Employee's skull and arm fractured when forklift overturns

Accident Summary Nr: 170189401 -- Report ID: 0950642 -- Event Date: 09/11/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
112074398	09/14/1990	5085	0	Daniel Smith Co.

Abstract: Employees were unloading a freight container mounted on a truck chassis by pulling the pallets to the end of the container with a chain attached to a forklift truck and then retrieving the pallets with the forks. While pulling one of the pallets, the forklift truck ran out of space. It was turning to one side when suddenly the pallet stuck to the floor, causing the forklift to overturn sideways. Employee #1 was pinned to the ground by the overhead structure of the forklift and suffered a fractured skull and arm. He was released from the hospital a few days later.

Keywords: FRACTURE, IND TRK OPERATOR, PINNED, STUCK, WORK RULES, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, SKULL, PALLET, ARM, OVERTURN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	112074398			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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