Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201611753 - Employee's legs fractured when hit by a forklift

Accident Summary Nr: 201611753 -- Report ID: 1054113 -- Event Date: 03/06/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303351068	03/08/2000	1611	0	Klb Construction Inc
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303351050	03/08/2000	1622	0	Hamilton Construction Company

Abstract: At about 11:00 p.m. on March 6, 2000, Employee #1 was driving a road sweeper on a closed traffic lane of Interstate 5 near the Jefferson, Oregon exit. As he was traveling, he noticed an approaching vehicle's headlights coming toward him. Since this was a single vehicle lane, he backed up to an area where he could get off the closed lane and allow the vehicle to go by. He waited there until a pick-up truck drove past him. As soon as it was past him, he reentered the closed traffic lane. He traveled about 60 ft on this lane when he suddenly collided head on with an industrial type forklift, (A.K.A.A. Skytrak) that did not have its headlights on. Upon impact, one of the forklift's forks penetrated the sweeper's water tank, went through the firewall, continued on and struck the operating controls console. The console bent in a backward direction pinning Employee #1's legs. He suffered fractures of both legs. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: COLLISION, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, LEG, FRACTURE, HIGHWAY, PINNED, STRUCK BY, SWEEPER

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Bridge		Maintenance or repair		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303351068			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over by highway vehicle
2	303351050					Occupation Not Listed	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:

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