Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 119911.015 - Employee breaks hand in pinch point from unguarded PIV mast

Accident Summary Nr: 119911.015 -- Report ID: 0522000 -- Event Date: 09/06/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1431437.015	09/17/2019		444110	Lowes Home Improvement

Abstract: At 7:15 p.m. on September 6, 2019, an employee was operating a Yale stand-up powered industrial vehicle (PIV) preparing to lift material from a rack. While lifting the material, the employee had his hand resting on a metal screen when he caught his hand in a pinch point caused by the the lift truck mast and the screen. The employee broke the bones in his hand and incurred cuts and abrasions, requiring hospitalization. The metal mesh screen did not extend upward to protect the employee from the movement of the mast.

Keywords: Caught Between, Contusion, Cut, Engineering Controls, Forklift, Fracture, Hand, Laceration, Lack of Engineering Controls, Mast, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Stand-Up Forklift

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1431437.015	18	M	Hospitalized injury		Sales counter clerks

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