Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201853645 - Employee Crushes Foot Between Two Crates

Accident Summary Nr: 201853645 -- Report ID: 0452110 -- Event Date: 07/25/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
306522814	08/20/2003	3714	336312	Rj Industries, Llc

Abstract: At approximately 2:00 p.m. on July 25, 2003, Employee #1 of RF Industries, LLC, was working in the warehouse. The forklift operator was pushing several empty plastic shipping crates that were positioned in a row. Employee #1 reached between two of the crates to pull off a paper tag on one of the crates. The forklift operator did not see Employee #1 between the crates and continued to push the crates together. Employee #1's right foot became pinned in between two of the crates, which resulted in bone fractures. The forklift operator had not received proper training and was not authorized to operate the forklift.

Keywords: FRACTURE, WAREHOUSE, CRATE, PINNED, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BETWEEN, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, UNTRAINED, FOOT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	306522814			Non Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Supervisors; handlers,equip-cleaners,laborers nec

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