Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 138977.015 - Employee fractures ribs and clavicle in collision with metal

Accident Summary Nr: 138977.015 -- Report ID: 0419700 -- Event Date: 09/01/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1552213.015	09/09/2021		445110	Publix Supermarkets, Inc.

Abstract: At 5:25 a.m. on September 1, 2021, an employee working for a grocery store was driving a pallet jack picking orders. The employee lost control and backed into a metal storage rack. Part of his body was outside the cab causing his body to strike the rack. The employee was hospitalized to treat broken ribs and a broken clavicle.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Catch Point, Chest, Clavicle, Collision, Driving, Fracture, Grocery Store, Industrial Truck, Inexperience, Metal, PIV, Pallet Jack, Picking an order, Pinch Point, Pinched, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Rib, Storage Rack, Struck Against, Unsafe Position

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1552213.015	18	M	Hospitalized injury

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