Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 116729.015 - Employee suffers injuries, caught between PIT and rack

Accident Summary Nr: 116729.015 -- Report ID: 0950635 -- Event Date: 12/07/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1367217.015	12/18/2018		493110	Supervalu

Abstract: At 11:30 p.m. on December 7, 2018, an employee was using an electric double pallet jack building a meat order and was picking product. The employee was driving the pallet jack around a corner repositioning the pallet jack with his body outside the running lines of the vehicle. The employee stepped off the vehicle without bringing it to a complete stop. The employee pinned himself between the pallet jack and a rack crushing his pelvis and fracturing bones in his legs. The blunt force also caused internal injuries and required hospitalization.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Caught Between, Crushed, Dock, Fracture, Hip, Industrial Truck, Leg, Material Handling, Motor Vehicle, Order-picker , Pallet, Palletized Cargo, Pelvis, Picking an order, Pinned, Pit, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Storage Rack, Unstable Position, Warehouse

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1367217.015	28	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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