Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202470977 - Employee's Feet Are Crushed by Forklift

Accident Summary Nr: 202470977 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 10/21/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314827692	12/19/2011	5182	424820	Castoro Cellars

Abstract: At 10:30 a.m. on October 21, 2011, Employee #1 was wrapping 18 in. shrink-wrap around a pallet loaded with cases of wine stacked 4 ft high. A coworker was operating an electric forklift (Mitsubishi Model Number FB20NT-AC, Serial Number EFB1450310) to place a pallet of empty wine bottles on a portable wine bottling trailer. The coworker then backed approximately 30 ft and the forklift's rear wheels ran over Employee #1's toes, feet, and ankles. He was hospitalized at Twin Cities Community Hospital for fractures of both feet and several toes.

Keywords: LOADING, WHEEL, FRACTURE, PALLETIZED CARGO, CRUSHED, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, TOE, TRAILER, RUN OVER, FOOT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	314827692			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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