Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202449377 - Employee on Pallet Jack Is Struck by Backing Vehicle

Accident Summary Nr: 202449377 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 07/18/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310603915	08/21/2008	4225	493110	Core-Mark International Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 9:25 a.m. on July 18, 2008, Employee #1 was operating an electric pallet jack (Crown Pallet Jack, Number 33, Capacity 600 lbs, Model Number 60 PE-28-5, Serial Number 6A120275) moving three or four wooden pallets. Employee #1 was in the company parking lot when another employee backed his SUV (Chevrolet, Tahoe) from a parking stall and struck the pallet jack. Due to the impact, Employee #1 fell on to the ground. Employee #1 did not know if his left leg got caught between the pallet jack and the SUV or his leg hit the pallet jack. Employee #1 sustained a fracture on his left ankle and laceration on his foot which required two surgeries and hospitalization for three days.

Keywords: FRACTURE, LACERATION, PALLET, STRUCK BY, JACK, MOTOR VEHICLE, ANKLE, BACKING UP, FOOT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	310603915			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators

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