Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202472627 - Employee's Foot Is Crushed While Operating Forklift

Accident Summary Nr: 202472627 -- Report ID: 0950644 -- Event Date: 03/08/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301334413	03/17/2006	4225	493110	American Paper & Plastics, Inc.

Abstract: At 9:55 p.m. on March 8, 2006, Employee #1, a forklift operator with a packaging materials distribution company, was operating an unfamiliar stand-up forklift (Raymond Corporation Model Number of R30-C30QM) to fill orders. While turning into an aisle backwards, he accelerated. When the forklift accelerated faster than expected, he removed his foot from the accelerator pedal (which causes the brake to engage). The sudden braking nearly threw Employee #1 off the forklift. While trying to regain control, his left foot was outside of the standing platform on the forklift. When the forklift struck a storage rack, his foot was crushed between a storage rack and the forklift. Employee #1 was hospitalized for a fracture and lacerations.

Keywords: ACCELERATOR PEDAL, STAND-UP OPERATOR, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, INEXPERIENCE, LACERATION, STORAGE RACK, STORAGE AREA, FOOT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	301334413			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators

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