Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 143308.015 - Employee fractures leg when pinned by forklift

Accident Summary Nr: 143308.015 -- Report ID: 0111100 -- Event Date: 01/27/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1575771.015	02/01/2022		311991	Pineland Farms Potato Company, Inc.

Abstract: At 5:30 p.m. on January 27, 2022, an employee was stacking pallets on the second shelf of a storage rack system when several boxes fell from the pallet. The employee lowered the pallet to ground to restack it. The employee stepped off the back of the stand-up forklift and forgot to neutralize the controls or set the brake. The forklift rolled backwards and pinned the employee between the lift and the storage rack. The employee was hospitalized to treat a fractured lower leg.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Brake, Caught Between, Crushed, Forklift, Fracture, Hand Control, Leg, Pallet, Palletized Cargo, Pinned, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Roll, Stack, Stand-Up Forklift, Storage Rack

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1575771.015	41	M	Hospitalized injury		Freight, stock and material handlers, n.e.c.

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