Accident Report Detail

Accident: 141937.015 - Employee Fractures Leg When Pinned Between Two Pits

**Accident: 141937.015 -- Report ID: 0317900 -- Event Date: 12/11/2021**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1568672.015	12/15/2021		Kuehne + Nagel Inc.

At 10:20 a.m. on December 11, 2021, an employee was operating a powered industri al truck (PIT) through a main travel aisle. The employee attempted to steer away from oncoming PIT traffic; however, he inadvertently steered toward a coworker' s PIT instead. The employee attempted to exit the PIT but caught his left leg be tween his PIT and the coworker's PIT instead. The employee fractured his leg and required hospitalization.

Keywords: aisle, caught between, driving, equipment operator, fracture, industrial truck, inexperience, leg, material handling, motor vehicle, pinned, powered industrial vehicle, struck by, training

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature
1	1568672.015	31	M	Hospitalized injury

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