Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201691698 - Employee's Legs Are Broken When Struck by Forklift

Accident Summary Nr: 201691698 -- Report ID: 0950662 -- Event Date: 12/30/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301280749	01/04/2005	4491	488310	Ssa Terminal

Abstract: At approximately 12:35 p.m. on December 29, 2004, Employee #1 and another employee were in conversation while standing in an aisle of the warehouse where pallets of bananas were being stacked in rows, after coming off a ship at the Port of Los Angeles. A forklift operator was driving forward, carrying 2 stacks of pallets, and had no forward vision. The forklift operator turned around a stack of pallets, struck Employee #1 and dragged him approximately 10 feet. Employee #1 was hospitalized with multiple leg fractures.

Keywords: LONGSHORING, FRACTURE, WAREHOUSE, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, PALLET, STRUCK BY, LEG, POOR VISIBILITY

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	301280749			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

Thank You for Visiting Our Website

You are exiting the Department of Labor's Web server.

The Department of Labor does not endorse, takes no responsibility for, and exercises no control over the linked organization or its views, or contents, nor does it vouch for the accuracy or accessibility of the information contained on the destination server. The Department of Labor also cannot authorize the use of copyrighted materials contained in linked Web sites. Users must request such authorization from the sponsor of the linked Web site. Thank you for visiting our site. Please click the button below to continue.