Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 92939.015 - Worker is run over by a forklift and his foot requires amput

Accident Summary Nr: 92939.015 -- Report ID: 0420100 -- Event Date: 02/01/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1208849.015	02/07/2017		238220	Williams Mechanical Llc

Abstract: At 10:30 a.m. on February 1, 2017, Employee #1 and Coworker #1, both employed by a construction subcontractor, were working at a multiemployer project at a water and sewer treatment plant. Employee #1 was walking alongside a moving Skyjack Telehander rough terrain forklift and trying to balance a steel pipe slung from a fork of the forklift. The schedule 40 pipe was 21 feet long, 16 inches in diameter, and weighed 1,600 pounds. Coworker #1 was operating the forklift and the forklift ran over Employee #1's foot. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital and admitted. His crushed foot required amputation.

Keywords: Aerial Lift, Amputation, Construction, Construction vehicle, Crushing, Foot, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Rigging, Run Over

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Sewer/water treatment plant		Alteration or rehabilitation				0

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1208849.015	63	M	Hospitalized injury		Welders and cutters

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