Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 143412.015 - Employee fractures vertebra when struck-by pallet

Accident Summary Nr: 143412.015 -- Report ID: 0728900 -- Event Date: 01/27/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1576342.015	02/02/2022		336999	Kawasaki Motors Mfg. Corp., Usa

Abstract: At 3:00 p.m. on January 27, 2022, an employee was straightening material along a storage rack working towards a coworker who was operating an elevated Order Picker in the middle portion of the rack. The employee worked his way to where he was working directly below the elevated Order Picker. The coworker was unable to see that the employee was directly underneath him because his vision was obstructed by the Order Picker's pallet. The coworker began to lower the Order Picker and the pallet made contact with the employee's back as it was being lowered to the ground. The employee was hospitalized to treat a fractured vertebra.

Keywords: Dropped, Fracture, Obstructed View, Order-picker , Pallet, Palletized Cargo, Picking an order, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Storage Rack, Struck By, Vertebra

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1576342.015	62	M	Hospitalized injury		Stock and inventory clerks

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