Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202089447 - Employee Injures Back and Head in Forklift Accident

Accident Summary Nr: 202089447 -- Report ID: 0524700 -- Event Date: 09/22/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
313784951	09/22/2010	3589	333319	Nss Enterprises, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 12:30 p.m. on September 22, 2010, Employee #1 was operating a forklift to unload a semi-trailer at an industrial vacuum and floor sweeper manufacturing facility. As Employee #1 was unloading a pallet from the trailer, the truck rolled forward. This caused the forklift to fall from the facilities loading dock, injuring Employee #1. Employee #1 was taken to the University of Toledo Medical Center in Toledo, Ohio, where he was hospitalized and treated for multiple lacerations to his head and several broken vertebrae.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, BRAKE, BACK, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, LACERATION, FALL, MECH MAT HANDLING, WORK SURFACE, OVERTURN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	313784951			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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