Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 96271.015 - Employee is injured when struck by backing forklift

Accident Summary Nr: 96271.015 -- Report ID: 0419700 -- Event Date: 06/01/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1239048.015	06/08/2017		493110	Suddath Global Logistics, Llc

Abstract: At 10:45 a.m. on June 1, 2017, an employee was scanning inbound freight in a bay of a warehouse. After scanning all the inbound freight, he walked toward the main aisle of the facility and was struck by a forklift. The vehicle was unloading a truck into the same bay that the employee was working and as he was backing up, the forklift struck the employee on his right side. The employee sustained fractures to his right foot and toes, as well as lacerations on his right leg, which he was hospitalized and received treatment.

Keywords: Back-Up Alarm, Backing Up, Foot, Fracture, Laceration, Leg, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Struck By

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1239048.015	56	M	Hospitalized injury		Material recording, sched'g & distr. clerks n.e.c.

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