Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 135751.015 - Employee amputates forearm when pinned between two PIVs

Accident Summary Nr: 135751.015 -- Report ID: 0418600 -- Event Date: 05/12/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1532102.015	05/18/2021		561720	Ysc Cleaning Llc

Abstract: At 12:35 p.m. on May 12, 2021, an employee working as a laborer for a janitorial service was tying a chain to the back of a forklift powered industrial vehicle (PIV). The employee was assisting a coworker moving the PIV after it ran off a concrete pad and became stuck. The crew was planned on tying the chain to another PIV to try to pull the stuck forklift free. The coworker who worked for the host employer got on the second PIV to back it closer to the stuck forklift. The PIV backed up faster then the coworker expected and struck the stuck forklift pinning the employee by the arm between the PIVs. The employee was hospitalized to treat an amputation from his left mid forearm forward.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Arm, Crushed, Equipment Operator, Forearm, Forklift, Hand, Industrial Truck, Instantaneous amputation, Lost Control, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Motor Vehicle, PIV, Partial Amputation, Pinned, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Struck Against, Struck By, Traumatic Amputation, Wrong Equipment

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1532102.015	54	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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