Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 142697.015 - Employee fractures shin and foot when run over by PIT

Accident Summary Nr: 142697.015 -- Report ID: 0112300 -- Event Date: 01/10/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1571888.015	01/11/2022		492110	Tforce Freight

Abstract: At 6:30 a.m. on January 10, 2022, an employee had been moving a hand pallet truck from one bay to another in a highly congested warehouse. While he was moving the truck a coworker backed into him with a powered industrial truck (PIT) catching his foot and running over his leg and foot. The employee fractured his foot and shin bone and required hospitalization.

Keywords: Back-Up Alarm, Backing Up, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Distracted, Driver, Driving, Foot, Forklift, Fracture, Industrial Truck, Leg, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Motor Vehicle, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Run Over, Warehouse, Warehouse Aisle

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1571888.015	50	M	Hospitalized injury		Truck drivers, heavy

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