Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 139789.015 - Employee operating PIV breaks leg in collision with metal st

Accident Summary Nr: 139789.015 -- Report ID: 0522300 -- Event Date: 09/07/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1555873.015	10/04/2021		424910	Animal Supply Company

Abstract: At 6:30 p.m. on September 7, 2021, an employee working as a laborer for an animal supply company was operating an electric stand-up pallet jack powered industrial vehicle (PIV). The employee was unable to slow down in time to make a turn. He stepped off the equipment and struck a metal storage rack. The employee was hospitalized to treat a broken left lower leg.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broken, Broken Bone, Collision, Fracture, Industrial Truck, Leg, Material Handling, Metal, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Motor Vehicle, PIV, Pallet Jack, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Sharp Turn, Stand-Up Forklift, Stand-Up Operator, Storage Area, Storage Rack, Struck Against

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1555873.015	21	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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