Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201490794 - Forklift Operator Fractures Ankle and Degloves Heel

Accident Summary Nr: 201490794 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 02/08/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310824859	03/04/2008	2022	311513	Saputo Cheese Usa Inc

Abstract: At 6:15 p.m. on February 8, 2008, Employee #1 was driving a forklift at a cheese manufacturing facility in Visalia, CA. Using a Clark dockstocker forklift, with Serial Number ESN247-0617, she had taken a pallet of cheese to the facility's warehouse. She was making a three-point turn, when she backed into a crash post. Her left foot was crushed between the forklift and the post. She was transported to the Community Regional Medical Center in Fresno, CA, for treatment for a fractured ankle and the degloving of her left heel.

Keywords: FRACTURE, IND TRK OPERATOR, WAREHOUSE, DEGLOVED, STRUCK AGAINST, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, LOST CONTROL, ANKLE, BACKING UP, FOOT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	310824859			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators

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