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Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 143308.015 - Employee Fractures Leg When Pinned By Forklift

**Accident: 143308.015 -- Report ID: 0111100 -- Event Date: 01/27/2022**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1575771.015	02/01/2022		Pineland Farms Potato Company, Inc.

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 emp loyee lowered the pallet to ground to restack it. The employee stepped off the b ack of the stand-up forklift and forgot to neutralize the controls or set the br ake. 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	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	1575771.015	41	M	Hospitalized injury		Freight, stock and material handlers, n.e.c.

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