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Accident Summary Nr: 201694080 - Employee's Leg Fractured in Forklift Collision
| Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 314756545 | 07/07/2011 | 4222 | 493120 | Castle & Cooke Cold Storage, Llc |
Abstract: At approximately 10:00 a.m. on July 1, 2011, Employee #1 was working in a cold storage warehouse facility. He was operating a forklift, ID DR-13, Model Number EASI DR30TT-A, Serial Number DZ-C-04-32346. He was picking orders from aisles that were to be loaded onto trucks. He was in Building Number 2, Freezer Room 10, traveling west from aisle 10-1 to 10-3. A coworker was traveling with an empty pallet with the forks forward and raised on aisle 10-2 on a Raymond reach truck, ID DR-3, Model Number EASI DR30TT-A, Serial Number EZ-B-02-23368. Employee #1 stopped at the end of the aisle, and the coworker turned right onto the cross aisle and collided with Employee #1. Employee #1 was in the operator compartment and was either struck with the fork or a piece of pallet in the lower right leg. Employee #1 was hospitalized with two fractured bones in his right leg. He also had ripped ligaments, veins, tendons, and nerves in his right ankle.
| Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 314756545 | Hospitalized injury | Cut/Laceration | Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators |
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