Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 144872.015 - Employee breaks leg when struck by unattended PIT

Accident Summary Nr: 144872.015 -- Report ID: 0214200 -- Event Date: 01/15/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1574792.015	01/19/2022		561320	Zjr Staffing S Corp

Abstract: At 4:00 a.m. on January 15, 2022, an employee was manually moving merchandise in the warehouse near the loading docks while forklift powered industrial truck (PIT) operations were being conducted. A coworker parked his PIT near the loading dock and left the vehicle running and unattended near the employee. The PIT began to roll backwards and struck the employee in the leg. The employee incurred a broken leg and lacerations and required hospitalization.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broken Bone, Contusion, Driver, Engineering Controls, Forklift, Fracture, Industrial Truck, Laceration, Lack of Engineering Controls, Leg, Loading Dock, Lost Control, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Multi-employer Worksite, Multiemployer, PPE, PPE Hazard Assessment, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Run Over, Safety Shoe, Struck By, Training, Walking Surface, Warehouse

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1574792.015	45	M	Hospitalized injury		Sales workers, hardware and building supplies

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