Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 117545.015 - Employee fractures hip after collision and ejection from PIT

Accident Summary Nr: 117545.015 -- Report ID: 0418100 -- Event Date: 06/26/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1411589.015	06/27/2019		493110	Medline Industries, Inc.

Abstract: At 8:00 a.m. on June 26, 2019, an employee was operating a Walkee Powered Industrial Truck (PIT) and not not looking in the direction of travel when he struck a reach truck. The employee was ejected from the PIT, impacted the concrete floor, and incurred a broken right hip, requiring hospitalization.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Collision, Concrete, Distracted driving, Driver, Ejected, Equipment Operator, Fracture, Hip, Inattention, Industrial Truck, Material Handling, Motor Vehicle, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Struck Against, Warehouse, Warehouse Aisle

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1411589.015	55	M	Hospitalized injury		Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators

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