Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 123993.015 - Employee working in aisle breaks leg when struck by PIV load

Accident Summary Nr: 123993.015 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 02/05/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1462877.015	02/07/2020		493110	Bomgaars Supply, Inc.

Abstract: At 2:45 p.m. on February 5, 2020, an employee working for a warehouse and storage facility was loading product onto a pallet. The employee was working in an aisle as a coworker was driving a fork truck loaded with 36 boxes of chicken starter feed headed in his direction. The coworker's vision was obscured, and he did not sound the horn. He struck the employee with the load he was carrying on his PIV. The employee broke his lower leg and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Fracture, Horn, Industrial Truck, Lack of Work Procedures, Leg, Loading, Material Handling, Motor Vehicle, Obstructed View, PIV, Pallet, Palletized Cargo, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Stocking, Struck By, Unstable Position, Warehouse, Warehouse Aisle, Work Surface

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1462877.015	49	M	Hospitalized injury		Stock and inventory clerks

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