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Accident Summary Nr: 143671.015 - Pallet jack operator fractures hip in fall onto cooler floor

Accident Summary Nr: 143671.015 -- Report ID: 0950612 -- Event Date: 02/08/2022
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
1577879.01502/11/2022424480Henry Avocado Corporation

Abstract: At 10:30 a.m. on February 8, 2022, an employee was working for a firm that grew and distributed avocados throughout the area. He drove light trucks. The firm was shipping pallets of avocados for the upcoming Super Bowl. The employee was operating a Nissan UniCarrier rider pallet jack carrying an order of avocados. He was inside a cooler. The pallet jack stopped automatically after it struck an angle iron located along the edges of the floor of the cooler. The employee got off the pallet jack and started walking away, when he fell over the guide rail, onto the epoxy floor. His right leg struck an angle iron when he fell. He suffered a hip fracture. He was hospitalized. He reported no problems with the pallet jack, and he was a certified operator. The local fire department reported the incident to DOSH by phone on February 8, 2022. The employer reported the incident on February 9, 2022. By the time of the investigation, the scene of the incident had been changed.

Keywords: Fall, Fall On Same Level, Food Handling, Fracture, Hip, Ind Trk Operator, Industrial Truck, Leg, Pallet Jack, Palletized Cargo, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Riding on Equipment, Struck Against

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation
1 1577879.015 63 M Hospitalized injury Truck drivers, light

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