Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170787980 - Employee's back injured when squeezed between loads

Accident Summary Nr: 170787980 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 01/30/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125796565	02/24/1998	4213	0	West Ex

Abstract: At approximately 8:00 p.m. on January 30, 1998, Employee #1, a dock worker at a trucking terminal, was using a pallet jack to move a pallet of boxes while working alongside a forklift carrying two pallets of boxes. The forklift ran into Employee #1's foot, squeezing him between the two vehicles' loads. Employee #1 was transported by ambulance to U. C. Davis Medical Center, where he was treated for a non-serious back injury and released. The forklift operator was disciplined for careless driving.

Keywords: IND TRK OPERATOR, BACK, CAUGHT BETWEEN, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, MECH MAT HANDLING, DOCK WORKER, WALK-BEHIND FORKLIFT, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125796565			Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Freight, stock and material handlers, n.e.c.

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