Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201090388 - Employee's leg fractured between pallet and pipe

Accident Summary Nr: 201090388 -- Report ID: 0950645 -- Event Date: 09/27/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126206648	12/05/1996	1389	0	Pacific Inspectors Co.

Abstract: At approximately 5:00 p.m. on September 27, 1996, Employee #1 and a coworker, of the Pacific Inspection Company, were using a Hyster forklift to load drill pipe onto a truck bed. After the trailer was loaded, a pallet still needed to be moved up onto the pipes, but it was so small that the forklift forks would not fit through it. Employee #1 got up on the trailer to help load the pallet. At the same time the forklift, which was not in gear, started to roll backward. The operator immediately put it into forward gear and the forklift lunged forward, pushing on the pallet. Employee #1's lower right leg was fractured when it became caught between the pallet and the pipe on the trailer.

Keywords: LOADING, FRACTURE, VEHICLE IN GEAR, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BETWEEN, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, MECH MAT HANDLING, OIL WELL SERVICING, LOST CONTROL, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126206648			Non Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Helpers, extractive occupations

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