Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201501129 - Employee injured when pinned between mast and cage

Accident Summary Nr: 201501129 -- Report ID: 0950614 -- Event Date: 03/03/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125626333	04/15/1999	3221	327213	Owens-Brockway

Abstract: On March 3, 1999, Employee #1 was pinned between the mast uprights and the cage of a forklift when he was lubricating the channels of the mast uprights. The employee accidentally hit the mast's tilt control lever with his foot, causing the mast to return from its tilted position to a vertical position. Employee #1 did not turn off the forklift before he started to work on it. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured hip.

Keywords: FRACTURE, PINNED, WORK RULES, CONTROL LEVER, MECHANIC, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, HIP

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125626333			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Industrial machinery repairers

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