Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 92339.015 - Employee sustains laceration when caught between forklift an

Accident Summary Nr: 92339.015 -- Report ID: 0950624 -- Event Date: 01/17/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1204374.015	01/23/2017		493110	Safeway Inc.

Abstract: At 8:30 a.m. on January 17, 2017, Employee #1 was putting away a forklift that had been returned from the maintenance shop. The forklift was parked next to the charging station gate by the interchange department. The employee unlocked the gate and opened it, then got on the forklift to put it away in the charging area. The gate closed, but was resting at an angle so that the gate pole was sticking out. Employee #1's right leg was impaled by the gate pole and he was pinned between the forklift and the gate. The employee was not hospitalized.

Keywords: Caught Between, Impaled, Laceration, Leg, Pinned, Powered Industrial Vehicle

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1204374.015	57	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators

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