Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170888770 - Employee's foot fractured when run over by forklift

Accident Summary Nr: 170888770 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 10/16/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125512798	10/23/1997	0783	0	Land Design Construction & Maintenance

Abstract: Employee #1, a laborer, was working at an undeveloped housing construction site. He was unloading olive trees from a Champ forklift with rubber tires. Employee #1 was standing 6 to 8 ft from the lift when he tried to jump onto the moving vehicle. He fell underneath and was run over, fracturing two bones in his left foot. Employee #1 had worked for the employer for five years.

Keywords: FRACTURE, VEHICLE, WORK RULES, RIDING ON EQUIPMENT, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, FALL, OFF LOADING, RUN OVER, FOOT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125512798			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm

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