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Report: Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway at The Trinity Company in Brownfield, Texas

DATE: 02/08/18

An employee was operating a forklift to load cotton bales onto a cotton bale truck. As he was exiting the warehouse, he hit a hole in the ground, causing the forklift to tip. Thinking the forklift was going to flip over, he tried to jump off and broke his right leg.

Report ID 2018021321  
Date 02/08/2018  
UPA 1308542  
Primary NAICS 493130  
Nature 111 Fractures
Part of Body 510 Leg(s), unspecified
Source 8621 Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
Event 2736 Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
Hospitalized Yes  
Amputation No  

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