Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 142579.015 - Employee fractures ankle after tripping over PIT forks
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
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1571615.015 | 01/06/2022 | 445110 | Albertsons Llc |
Abstract: At 8:00 a.m. on December 15, 2021, an Employee (a grocery store Service Operations Manager) was working with a coworker shrink wrapping trash piled onto 5 pallets. The employee had stacked the trash from a bailer utilizing a CW pallet jack powered industrial truck (PIT) which she relocated to the open space in the receiving area. The employee backed the PIT up from the stacked pallets and left it with the forks obstructing the path of travel. As she proceeded to secure the trash with the plastic wrap and upon several walk arounds, the employee tripped over the forks. The employee fractured her left ankle requiring medical treatment without hospitalization and modified duties.
Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
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1 | 1571615.015 | 43 | F | Non Hospitalized injury | Sales counter clerks |