Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 171059298 - Employee's ankle fractured between cement curb and forklift

Accident Summary Nr: 171059298 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 05/31/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303606230	06/06/2000	5399	0	Costco Wholesale Warehouse

Abstract: Employee #1 was operating a battery-powered, stand-up forklift that was equipped with pressure-sensitive foot pads. These control the lift by having it shut down and begin to decelerate when the operator removes his foot from them. Employee #1 was moving along when he tried to brake and found the brakes did not work. His ankle became pinned between the side of the forklift and the cement curb below the doors of the freezer, and was fractured. The brakes on this particular model of forklift did not work when the operator's foot was off the pads.

Keywords: FRACTURE, BRAKE, PINNED, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, FOOT CONTROL, CAUGHT BETWEEN, MECH MAT HANDLING, WALK-BEHIND FORKLIFT, ANKLE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	303606230			Non Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Stock handlers and baggers

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