Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201050325 - Employee fractures ankle while turning pallet jack

Accident Summary Nr: 201050325 -- Report ID: 0950642 -- Event Date: 10/07/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119788297	11/15/1996	4225	0	Extra Help, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was operating a Crown rider-type pallet jack, model 60-RE-28-5, serial #6AH6526, identified by the employer as CM-20. He was travelling down the main aisle and attempted to turn the corner at the end of the pallet racks, apparently at an unsafe speed. The pallet jack started to veer into a row of boxes of plastic wrap situated on pallets on the outside of his turn. Employee #1 put out his right foot to push off from the boxes, fracturing his ankle.

Keywords: FRACTURE, SPEEDING, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BETWEEN, MECH MAT HANDLING, SHARP TURN, WALK-BEHIND FORKLIFT, LOST CONTROL, ANKLE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119788297			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators

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