Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201635679 - Employee Amputates Toes When Forklift Trucks Collide

Accident Summary Nr: 201635679 -- Report ID: 1054111 -- Event Date: 01/10/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309282234	01/17/2006	5411	445110	Safeway Inc

Abstract: At approximately 5:20 p.m. on January 10, 2006, Employee #1 was working for a grocery store. He had retrieved a Raymond "Order Selector" stand-up forklift from a battery recharging bay. He logged onto the onboard computer and had started to back out from the designated battery station, when another stand-up forklift bumped into his machine. He felt pain in his left foot and found that he had severely injured his toes. He was hospitalized, and three toes were surgically removed from his left foot.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, IND TRK OPERATOR, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, MECH MAT HANDLING, STRUCK BY, TOE, UNTRAINED, BACKING UP, FOOT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	309282234			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators

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