Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201681020 - Employee Is Injured after Ejection from Overturned Forklift

Accident Summary Nr: 201681020 -- Report ID: 1050210 -- Event Date: 07/07/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303701791	07/08/2002	2092	0	Wards Cove Packing Company

Abstract: On July 7, 2002, an employee was driving a forklift down a ramp when the engine died. The brakes were unable to stop the forklift and the vehicle accelerated. The forklift overturned at the bottom of the ramp, and the employee was thrown from the operator's position. He sustained multiple fractures and other injuries when he became caught between the forklift and the wall of the building. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: KNEE, FRACTURE, BRAKE, RAMP, PINNED, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, CAUGHT BETWEEN, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, LOST CONTROL, OVERTURN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	303701791			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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