Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201083300 - Employee fractures arm when pinched in forklift of truck

Accident Summary Nr: 201083300 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 11/03/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125738880	02/27/2002	0722	0	Five Star Ranch

Abstract: An agricultural worker, Employee #1, suffered a fractured left arm when his left arm was pinched between the fork uprights and mast while being lifted on a wooden pallet by a powered industrial truck. He was being raised on the pallet in order to repair a cotton-harvesting machine when his arm became pinned. There was no back guard on the pallet, the platform was not designed to lift persons, and the operator had not received adequate training on powered industrial trucks.

Keywords: FRACTURE, AGRICULTURE, GUARD, PINNED, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, ARM, COTTON

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125738880			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Farm workers

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