Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170865885 - Employee's leg crushed when lift collides with steel rack

Accident Summary Nr: 170865885 -- Report ID: 0950622 -- Event Date: 05/04/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125696237	06/27/2000	3751	0	Brunswick Bicycles

Abstract: Employee #1, a 19-year-old swing shift distribution warehouse worker for Brunswick Bicycles, was told by his supervisor to put away the standup forklift. Employee #1 told the supervisor he was not comfortable driving that type of vehicle, but the supervisor insisted. He lost control of the lift truck and ran into a steel rack, sustaining crushing injuries to his left leg.

Keywords: WAREHOUSE, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BETWEEN, COLLISION, CRUSHED, INEXPERIENCE, MECH MAT HANDLING, WALK-BEHIND FORKLIFT, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125696237			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators

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