Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170839385 - Employee's Pelvis Is Fractured When Struck by Forklift

Accident Summary Nr: 170839385 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 10/11/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125533901	10/12/2005	5211	444110	Yardbirds

Abstract: At approximately 7:00 a.m., on October 11, 2005, Employee #1 was taking a smoke break, when she was struck by a Hyster S59XM fork lift. An operator was backing the heavily laden forklift out of the building department area through the rear roll-up doorway. The operator observed Employee #1 as she stood adjacent to the building department rear doorway. While backing towards her, the operator was unable to stop before striking her. She was pinned between the forklift and the building wall. She was hospitalized with a fractured pelvis at Marin General Hospital.

Keywords: BACK-UP ALARM, BRAKE, SPEEDING, WORK RULES, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, INEXPERIENCE, SMOKING, STRUCK BY, BACKING UP, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125533901			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators

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