Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 201042850 - Employee's Foot Is Amputated When Stuck by Forklift
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
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310425897 | 11/09/2006 | 5193 | 424930 | Star Nursery, Inc. |
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
310425848 | 11/09/2006 | 1522 | 236116 | Dayside, Inc. |
Abstract: On November 9, 2006, Employee #1, with Star Nursery, Inc., was working in a materials receiving area at a Holiday Inn construction site. He and two other workers were stretching out a 16 ft by 30 ft tarp on the ground directly behind Employee #1's truck. A forklift operator with Dayside, Inc. (the general contractor) was backing an Xtreme 1154 forklift (Model Number XRM 1154, Serial Number XRM 1154-030540759) approximately 80 feet, beginning from the hotel entrance and traveling north toward the material receiving area. On the forklift forks was a container filled with construction debris. The forklift operator confirmed the location of two of the three workers who were folding the tarp, but failed to confirm the location of Employee #1. The forklift operator was watching his load when the forklift's right rear tire knocked Employee #1 down and rolled over his right foot. The operator was unaware he had struck Employee #1, and continued approximately 30 ft to dump the debris. Employee #1 was hospitalized for an amputated foot. The forklift's back-up alarm was operating properly.
End Use | Project Type | Project Cost | Stories | Non-building Height | Fatality | ||
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Commercial building | New project or new addition | $5,000,000 to $20,000,000 | 4 | 47 |
Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
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1 | 310425897 | Hospitalized injury | Amputation | Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators | ||
2 | 310425848 | Occupation not reported |