Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201164118 - Employee's Leg Is Fractured When Run over by Forklift

Accident Summary Nr: 201164118 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 08/27/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126108273	09/09/2002	3281	327991	Bourget Bros

Abstract: At 11:40 a.m. on August 27, 2002, Employee #1 was at the storage yard of the Bourget Flagstone Company. He was helping the operator of a Toyota 52-6FG30 forklift (Serial Number 60179), by holding a 4,000 lb slab to prevent it from swinging as it was being moved. Employee #1 was between the slab and the forklift when the driver slowed to speak with a coworker. He did not come to a complete stop and the forklift knocked Employee #1 down and ran over his leg. He was hospitalized for a fracture.

Keywords: CLEARANCE, FRACTURE, IND TRK OPERATOR, WORK RULES, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, STRUCK BY, RUN OVER, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126108273			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Laborers, except construction

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