Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 801043 - Employee injured when forklift overturns

Accident Summary Nr: 801043 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 06/05/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126497338	06/19/1996	2211	0	Mayfair Mills, Bailey Plant

Abstract: Employee #1 was operating a forklift, filling in for another employee. He was driving toward the back of a textile warehouse up a ramp at an apparently excessive speed when the truck's tire struck the left curb and the lift flipped over. It landed on its right side, pinning the employee underneath it. The tendons in his right knee were cut and he was hospitalized. Employee #1 had been trained on how to operate a forklift.

Keywords: KNEE, TENDON, IND TRK OPERATOR, PINNED, SPEEDING, WORK RULES, STRUCK AGAINST, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, LACERATION, OVERTURN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126497338			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators

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