Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170625867 - Employee's foot crushed between forklift and storage rack

Accident Summary Nr: 170625867 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 05/17/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125731117	05/31/2000	7363	0	Select Personnel Service

Abstract: Employee #1 was training to operate a Crown motorized rider pallet jack under the supervision of an experienced coworker. The trainer needed to go to his office for a while and he told Employee #1 to practice driving in the designated area until he returned. While he was gone, she lost control of the pallet jack and it crashed into a storage rack. She jumped off the pallet jack before it hit the rack, but her foot became pinned between them. Employee #1 sustained injuries that required hospitalization.

Keywords: PINNED, WORK RULES, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, CAUGHT BETWEEN, INEXPERIENCE, MECH MAT HANDLING, STORAGE RACK, WALK-BEHIND FORKLIFT, LOST CONTROL, FOOT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125731117			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Stock handlers and baggers

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