Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201501723 - Employee's hip fractured when pallet jack strikes pole

Accident Summary Nr: 201501723 -- Report ID: 0950614 -- Event Date: 06/29/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125634204	07/07/2000	5141	0	Gourmet Specialties

Abstract: At approximately 7:05 p.m. on June 29, 2000, Employee #1, an order selector for Unified Western Grocers in Hayward, CA, was driving a motorized pallet jack in the warehouse when she struck a permanent metal post. She sustained contusions and multiple fractures of her right hip, for which she was hospitalized for four days.

Keywords: FRACTURE, WAREHOUSE, STRUCK AGAINST, COLLISION, MECH MAT HANDLING, WALK-BEHIND FORKLIFT, HIP, CONTUSION, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125634204			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators

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