Accident Report Detail
Accident: 111300.015 - Employee Impales And Amputates Leg When Caught By Conveyor W
Accident: 111300.015 -- Report ID: 0729300 -- Event Date: 11/16/2018 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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1362341.015 | 11/28/2018 | Lohr Wine And Spirits | |||||
At 1:30 a.m. on November 16, 2018, an employee was moving a forklift that had be en parked in the way of traffic by a coworker and was rotating it into position when he backed it into the corner of a static conveyor. The employee pinned his right leg between the forklift and the conveyor, impaling it on a support brack et. The employee's leg was amputated due to poor blood circulation after a tour niquet had been applied. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||||
Keywords:
amputated, amputation, backing up, circulatory blockage, conveyor, forklift, impaled, leg
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 1362341.015 | 39 | M | Hospitalized injury | Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators |