Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170611214 - Employee pinned under falling forklift boom

Accident Summary Nr: 170611214 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 05/13/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119991792	05/19/1993	4226	0	Harbor Distribution Services Inc

Abstract: At approximately 8:45 a.m. on May 13, 1993, Employee #1 was driving his forklift in reverse on a loading dock. He was backing into the warehouse to put freight on the loading dock when he turned the wheel the wrong way, toward the dock's edge. Once he realized that he had made a mistake, he tried to correct it and pressed hard on the brake, but the forklift fell to the ground. As he jumped to clear the falling forklift, he was pinned under its boom. Paramedics took him to UCSD Medical Center for treatment. Employee #1 suffered a hip fracture. Employee #1 was properly trained, licensed, and has 4 1/2 years of experience. He was on his 10th trip when the accident occurred. No malfunction of the equipment or error in the procedures was found.

Keywords: FRACTURE, BOOM, PINNED, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, FALL, LOADING DOCK, HIP, BACKING UP

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119991792			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators

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