Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202530333 - Employee Pinches Leg Between Rack and Forklift

Accident Summary Nr: 202530333 -- Report ID: 0950635 -- Event Date: 04/19/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
313640385	07/09/2010	7363	561320	Diamond Staffing Inc.

Abstract: On April 19, 2010, Employee #1, a forklift operator, was in the process of picking up items from a rack, using an orange colored, electric stand-up Toyota Forklift, Model Number 7EFU23 with Serial Number 32896. As he turned to back out the forklift, he saw some papers on the forklift that were falling. Employee #1 reached out to grab them to keep them from falling. As he grabbed the papers, his left leg automatically raised itself backwards and up, outside the frame of the forklift. Simultaneously, the forklift steered backwards, pinching his outstretched left leg, in the shin, between the rack and the forklift, causing it to fracture. Employee #1 also slammed his back into the lowermost shelf on the rack as he travelled backwards. The Accident was reported to the Division on April 20, 2010.

Keywords: FRACTURE, STAND-UP OPERATOR, STRUCK AGAINST, BACK, CAUGHT BETWEEN, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, FALLING OBJECT, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	313640385			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators

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