Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202551545 - Employee's Leg Is Injured by Moving Cart

Accident Summary Nr: 202551545 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 11/15/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
313163057	11/30/2009	6513	531110	Irvine Company

Abstract: On November 15, 2009, Employee #1, a maintenance worker at a large apartment complex, was on a utility cart removing an item from a shelf in a garage. When he inadvertently stepped on the cart's accelerator, it lurched forward and his right shin struck a wall corner. Employee #1 was hospitalized for a large laceration.

Keywords: ACCELERATOR PEDAL, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, LACERATION, UNSTABLE SURFACE, WORK SURFACE, CART, INATTENTION, LEG, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	313163057			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Painters, construction and maintenance

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