Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201103447 - Employee's leg fractured when forklift rolled forward

Accident Summary Nr: 201103447 -- Report ID: 0950624 -- Event Date: 10/22/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120147327	02/14/2003	0782	561730	Los Altos Supply And Garden Center Inc.

Abstract: On October 22, 2002, Employee #1, a delivery truck driver, was loading sod onto his own flatbed trailer using a forklift. Employee #1, who was acting as a forklift driver, got off the forklift to adjust a tarp and did not take the forklift out of the drive position. As he was adjusting the tarp, the forklift rolled forward rolling over his leg. Employee #1 sustained a fractured tibia and fibula of the left leg. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, LOCKOUT, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, TRUCK, TRAILER, FLATBED TRUCK, LEG, TRUCK DRIVER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120147327			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Truck drivers, light

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