Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202466504 - Employee Is Injured When Run over by Forklift

Accident Summary Nr: 202466504 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 04/12/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310201330	05/07/2008	0161	111219	Talley Farms Inc.

Abstract: On April 12, 2008, Employee #1, an employee of Talley Farms, and two coworkers were picking up sandbags along the roadside and loading them on a forklift driven by the foreman. Employee #1 and the two coworkers were riding on the forklift's pallet, and an unspecified number of sandbags fell off the forklift. Employee #1 fell off at the same time and was run over by the forklift. Employee #1 was hospitalized for unspecified injuries. Upon further investigation, it was determined Employee #1 and the two coworkers were trained in forklift safety. The employer was cited for one general violation.

Keywords: UNSECURED, AGRICULTURE, WORK RULES, LOAD SHIFT, RIDING ON EQUIPMENT, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, FALL, PALLET, RUN OVER, UNSTABLE LOAD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	310201330			Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported

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