Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201042991 - Employee Fractures Leg When Run over by Forklift

Accident Summary Nr: 201042991 -- Report ID: 0953220 -- Event Date: 03/12/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310430988	03/12/2007	5231	444190	Embassy Glass, Inc.

Abstract: In the storage yard, an employee without forklift training was backing up a Clark forklift (Model Number GPS25MC, Serial Number GP138MC-0014-6916KOF) after having unloaded glass doors. The operator hit Employee #1, who was breaking up crates and throwing them into a dumpster. The forklift's rear wheel on the driver's side rolled over the Employee #1's left foot and leg. Employee #1 sustained fractures and was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, STRUCK BY, UNTRAINED, BACKING UP, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	310430988			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Machine operators, not specified

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