Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201053790 - Employee's leg crushed between pallets and pallet jack

Accident Summary Nr: 201053790 -- Report ID: 0950642 -- Event Date: 03/30/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126077767	06/05/2000	5063	0	Triangle Distributing

Abstract: At approximately 8:30 a.m. on March 30, 2000, Employee #1, a warehouseman for an independent beer distributor, was standing adjacent to a parked pallet jack that he had been using when a coworker approached operating a Nissan propane forklift, CPJO2-2A-25PV, chassis # CPJO2-9P1151. The coworker was pushing four pallets stacked with cases of beer across the floor when he ran into Employee #1's pallet jack. The pallet jack spun around and crushed Employee #1's lower leg against the pallets being pushed by the coworker. Employee #1 was hospitalized for treatment of a spiral fracture of the distal tibia.

Keywords: FRACTURE, OBSTRUCTED VIEW, DRIVER, CAUGHT BETWEEN, COLLISION, MECH MAT HANDLING, WALK-BEHIND FORKLIFT, INATTENTION, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126077767			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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