Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 131959.015 - Employee fractures leg when colliding with reach truck in ai

Accident Summary Nr: 131959.015 -- Report ID: 0418100 -- Event Date: 10/28/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1507907.015	12/11/2020		424910	Petco Animal Supplies Inc.

Abstract: At 10:30 a.m. on October 28, 2020, an employee working as an equipment operator for a farm supply wholesaler was attempting to drive from one aisle to another. The employee was operating a forklift at a high rate of speed when he failed to see a parked stationary reach truck and was unable to stop. The employee had his left leg was outside of the equipment when he struck the reach truck. The employee caught his leg between the machines. The employee was hospitalized to treat an open fracture.

Keywords: Aisle, Caught Between, Collision, Driver, Driving, Equipment Operator, Farm Machinery, Forklift, Fracture, Industrial Truck, Leg, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Open Fracture, PIV, Pinned, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Speeding, Unsafe Position, Warehouse, Warehouse Aisle

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1507907.015	40	M	Hospitalized injury		Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators

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