Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202442109 - Employee Is Crushed Between Jack and Fence

Accident Summary Nr: 202442109 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 09/06/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307458620	11/29/2005	4225	493110	Stater Bros Market

Abstract: At approximately 5:45 p.m. on September 06, 2005, Employee #1, an order picker for an employer engaged in the warehousing and storage of a general line of grocery goods, was thrown from the pallet jack's platform when he hit a pole with the fork and the pallet jack went into a sideways slide and pinned his left leg against a metal fence by the side of the aisle way. Employee #1 was taken to the hospital where he underwent surgery and was hospitalized for a week. Employee #1 was later readmitted for another procedure and was hospitalized for three more weeks.

Keywords: FRACTURE, WAREHOUSE, PINNED, CAUGHT BETWEEN, FENCE, PALLET, JACK, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	307458620			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators

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