Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201633872 - Forklift driver sustains a fractured pelvis

Accident Summary Nr: 201633872 -- Report ID: 1054111 -- Event Date: 06/13/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
306631730	06/26/2003	5141	424410	Unified Western Grocers Inc

Abstract: At approximately 8:30 a.m. on June 13, 2003, an employee was moving freight in a grocery warehouse with a stand-up forklift truck. He picked a pallet of goods from the top shelf and drove backward, under a low rack. The forklift, however, was too high to clear the rack. The forklift collided with the rack, and the employee was thrown to the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized and treated for a fractured pelvis.

Keywords: FRACTURE, WAREHOUSE, DRIVER, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, PELVIS, PALLET, BACKING UP

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	306631730			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Truck drivers, light

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