Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201495520 - Employee Is Injured by Fall from Forklift Onto Dock Pit

Accident Summary Nr: 201495520 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 07/01/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
315071472	08/25/2011	4222	493120	The Hmc Group Cold Storage, Inc.

Abstract: At 7:45 p.m. on July 1, 2011, Employee #1, a forklift operator, was injured when the forklift he was operating fell out the back end of the semi-trailer he was loading. As the forklift was falling, Employee #1 jumped out and landed on the concrete dock pit where he received multiple rib fractures and a compression fracture of the spine. Employee #1 was driven to the company's clinic and then was transferred to the Adventist Medical Center in Selma, California. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, DOCK, SPINE, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, PIT, RIB, FALL, TRACTOR TRAILER, STORAGE AREA

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	315071472			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators

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