Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170587687 - Employee injured when struck by forklift

Accident Summary Nr: 170587687 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 12/08/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125903526	04/25/1996	3061	0	West American Rubber Co Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 was running through his workplace and emerged from behind a pile of stacked material into the path of an oncoming forklift. When he tried to stop, he slipped on some material on the floor and skidded into and then under the forklift. He suffered a compound fracture of his left leg.

Keywords: FRACTURE, OBSTRUCTED VIEW, WORK RULES, SLIP, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, SLIPPERY SURFACE, HOUSEKEEPING, RUN OVER, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125903526			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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