Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170872683 - Employee's leg fractured when struck by forklift

Accident Summary Nr: 170872683 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 02/03/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125774620	03/18/1997	1541	0	Kraft Foods Inc Dba Knudsen Creamery

Abstract: Employee #1 was unloading a plate in the middle of a warehouse aisle when he was struck by a forklift carrying a double-stacked pallet. Employee #1 became caught between the forklift and the pallet he was unloading, fracturing his right lower leg. The forklift driver said he did not see Employee #1 because the pallet he was carrying obscured his forward vision.

Keywords: FRACTURE, IND TRK OPERATOR, OBSTRUCTED VIEW, PINNED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, CAUGHT BETWEEN, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, MECH MAT HANDLING, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Demolition		Under $50,000	1	12

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125774620			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Stock handlers and baggers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Connecting Fatality Cause: Unloading-loading equipment/material (except by cr

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