Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 130408.015 - Employee fractures ankle when running order picker into rack

Accident Summary Nr: 130408.015 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 09/13/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1497793.015	10/15/2020		493110	Walmart Distribution Center

Abstract: At 1:30 a.m. on September 13, 2020, an employee working as a stock handler for a department store distribution center was operating a stand-up order picker. The employee was not watching where he was going when he dropped something. He looked down and hit the racking catching his foot between the picker and the racking. The employee was hospitalized to treat a fractured left ankle.

Keywords: Ankle, Caught Between, Department Store, Distracted, Distracted driving, Foot, Fracture, Industrial Truck, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Stocking, Storage Rack, Warehouse

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1497793.015	39	M	Hospitalized injury		Freight, stock and material handlers, n.e.c.

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