Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201054749 - Employee Fractures Leg While Loading Trailer

Accident Summary Nr: 201054749 -- Report ID: 0950642 -- Event Date: 10/18/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300776580	03/09/2001	4222	0	General Cold Storage

Abstract: At approximately 10:00 a.m. on October 18, 2000, an employee was using a pallet jack to load an order onto a semi trailer for an independent delivery driver for an outside carrier. The employee was bringing the pallet jack out of the truck when the brakes on the truck failed causing the truck to roll forward. The pallet jack slipped and the employee's right leg was crushed between the pallet jack and the loading dock. The employee sustained a fracture of the fibula and tibia. The employee was hospitalized and treated for his injuries. The accident was caused because the truck was not secured from movement. According to the employee, the driver of the truck told him after the accident occurred that the brakes were not working properly.

Keywords: KNEE, FRACTURE, BRAKE, CAUGHT BETWEEN, PALLET, JACK, LOADING DOCK, ANKLE, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300776580			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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