Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202626461 - Employee Fractures Ankle When Pinned by Pallet Jack

Accident Summary Nr: 202626461 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 09/13/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
313510513	09/27/2010	4226	493190	Dorel Juvenile Group

Abstract: At 10:15 a.m. on September 13, 2010, Employee #1 was operating a powered pallet jack (Caterpillar # 35, Model WR6000, Serial Number 90249414). Employee #1 was a temporary employee of the employer and was employed through an employment agency. The employer is engaged in running a distribution center for baby furniture. The employer had a total of 192 employees and was nonunionized. As Employee #1 was backing up, his left foot slipped off the pallet jack and he struck a metal barricade. His left ankle got pinned between the barricade and the back of the pallet jack, causing lacerations and a fracture of his left ankle which required surgery and hospitalization for 3 days.

Keywords: FRACTURE, PINNED, LACERATION, PALLET, JACK, ANKLE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	313510513			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators

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