Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 310054705 - Employee's Foot Is Fractured When Struck by Loaded Pallet

Accident Summary Nr: 310054705 -- Report ID: 0950614 -- Event Date: 06/20/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310054697	06/29/2006	4213	484121	Ups Freight

Abstract: On June 20, 2006, Employee #1 was using a pallet jack to move cargo from the rear of a container to the front. A coworker was using a forklift to load a pallet with salt bags in the container. The coworker lowered a pallet weighing approximately 2,000 pounds on Employee #1's left ankle. He was hospitalized at Kaiser Permanente for a fractured foot.

Keywords: LOADING, FRACTURE, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, PALLET, STRUCK BY, CONTAINERIZED CARGO, COMMUNICATION, ANKLE, FOOT, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	310054697			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Truck drivers, heavy

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