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Accident: 142864.015 - Employee Partially Amputates Foot In Forklift Crash
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1564189.015 | 11/17/2021 | Stanley Black & Decker |
At 3:43 a.m. on October 26, 2021, an employee was operating a Raymond stand-up f orklift to pick-up pallets in a warehouse. Although the employee was instructed by their supervisor on how to operate the stand-up forklift, but the employee di d not successfully complete training and evaluation for operating the stand-up f orklift. The employee also did not physically fit into the forklift's operator cabin comfortably due to his body size. The employee was driving the stand-up f orklift back to its parking location when he lost control and crashed into a rac k, causing his left foot to slip out of the cabin platform and get caught in bet ween the forklift and the rack. The employee was wearing steel-toed boots as re quired. The employee's supervisor was in another area of the warehouse and did n ot witness the incident. The employee was hospitalized to treat a partial amputa tion of his left foot.
| Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1564189.015 | 31 | M | Hospitalized injury | Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators |