Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202355699 - Employee Loses Control of Forklift and Fractures Foot

Accident Summary Nr: 202355699 -- Report ID: 0352450 -- Event Date: 01/24/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308451863	01/24/2005	5149	445299	Costco Wholesale Corporation

Abstract: On January 24, 2005, an employee operated a Raymond stand-up powered industrial truck. The operator was backing up in a main aisle of a Costco Wholesale Corp. store, without a load. He made a left turn into a side aisle, and lost control of the forklift. He struck a horizontal shelf of a steel supply rack. His left foot came out of the moving forklift and became caught between the forklift base and the storage rack. The employee was hospitalized for treatment of several fractures in his left foot, as well as lacerations and muscle damage.

Keywords: FRACTURE, STAND-UP OPERATOR, STRUCK AGAINST, CAUGHT BETWEEN, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, LACERATION, MECH MAT HANDLING, LOST CONTROL, BACKING UP, FOOT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	308451863			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators

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