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Accident Summary Nr: 126880.015 - Employee suffers foot and leg fractures when run over by for

Accident Summary Nr: 126880.015 -- Report ID: 0521700 -- Event Date: 06/09/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1478326.015	06/11/2020		238150	Chicago Heights Glass, Inc.

Abstract: At 1:45 p.m. on June 9, 2020, Employee #1 was working for a glass installation contractor. Employee #1 was directing/guiding a forklift which was collecting window crates in the warehouse and placing the crates onto an outbound flatbed truck in the shipyard. Employee #1 stepped between the forklift and the crates, he was not visible by the forklift operator. Employee #1 sustained severe lacerations as well as fractures to the feet and legs. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: Blind Spot, Caught Between, Construction vehicle, Crate, Equipment Operator, Flatbed Truck, Foot, Forklift, Fracture, Guide, Leg, Motor Vehicle, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Run Over, Shipyard, Struck By, Vehicle, Warehouse, Window

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1478326.015	35	M	Hospitalized injury

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