Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201506623 - Employee Fractures Foot When Pinned by Forklift

Accident Summary Nr: 201506623 -- Report ID: 0950614 -- Event Date: 05/31/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307342865	06/02/2006	5311	452111	Costco Wholesale

Abstract: On May 30, 2006, Employee #1, an employee of Costco Wholesale, was driving a stand-up forklift, maneuvering a left turn into an aisle, when he lost control, panicked, released his left foot from the forklift foot controls for breaking action, and protruded his foot. The rear of the forklift struck the upright guard installed on the rack, and further pinned his left foot against the rack metal guard. Employee #1 sustained a fracture of the first left metatarsal. He was admitted on May 30, 2006 and discharged on June 1, 2006 from Kaiser Hospital in Oakland.

Keywords: FRACTURE, IND TRK OPERATOR, PINNED, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, LOST CONTROL, FOOT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	307342865			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators

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