Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201090610 - Employee's foot injured when struck by back of forklift

Accident Summary Nr: 201090610 -- Report ID: 0950645 -- Event Date: 03/19/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126205244	03/27/1997	1541	0	H.I.S. Const.

Abstract: At 11:19 p.m. on March 19, 1997, Employee #1 was watching a forklift operator put away his vehicle for the night. Employee #1 was walking too close along the side the forklift and, when the operator made a wide angle turn, the rear of the forklift struck his left foot. He sustained tendon and ligament damage. The employer was cited for failure to have an IIPP available at the time of the investigation, and failure to train the forklift operator prior to his operating a vehicle.

Keywords: CLEARANCE, TENDON, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, MECH MAT HANDLING, STRUCK BY, UNTRAINED, MOTOR VEHICLE, FOOT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126205244			Non Hospitalized injury	Strain/Sprain	Supervisors; handlers,equip-cleaners,laborers nec	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Connecting Fatality Cause: Unloading-loading equipment/material (except by cr

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