Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201176971 - Employee's Leg Is Broken When Struck by an Industrial Truck

Accident Summary Nr: 201176971 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 11/23/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125715755	12/15/2004	2068	311911	Blue Diamond Growers

Abstract: On November 23, 2004, Employee #1, of Blue Diamond Growers, was wearing radio head phones as he walked through the yard back to his work station. A forklift operator was in the yard moving a stack of wood pallets. The pallets were not loaded properly, and one of the pallets was dragging on the ground. The operator tried to back out of the load to dislodge it from the forks. As he backed up, the forklift struck Employee #1 and ran up and over the employee's left leg. Employee #1 was admitted to UC Davis Med Center for treatment of a left leg fracture.

Keywords: FRACTURE, IND TRK OPERATOR, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, NOISE, MECH MAT HANDLING, STRUCK BY, RUN OVER, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125715755			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Laborers, except construction

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