Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 202479424 - Employee Fractures Foot Between Vehicle and Rail
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
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316348036 | 10/17/2013 | 4225 | 493110 | Staples Contract & Commercial, Inc. |
Abstract: At approximately 1:40 p.m. on June 19, 2013, Employee #1, with Staples Contract and Commercial, Inc., was unloading pallets from a semi-trailer, using a stand-up counterbalanced truck dock stocker (Number: 34; Make: Crown; Model Number: RC5525-30TT190; Serial Number: 1A333347). Employee #1 was working in the southwest corner of the warehouse adjacent to shipping doors 33 and 34. Once the pallets were unloaded, Employee#1 attempted to perform a two-point turn with the dock stocker. Employee #1 reversed the dock stocker, with the forks trailing. Then, Employee #1 used plugging to bring the dock stopper to a stop, before changing direction. Employee #1's left leg was extended outside the body of the dock stocker. Employee #1's left foot was crushed between the dock stocker and a safety angle iron (four ins. high), bolted to the warehouse floor. No accident related violation was cited, due to insufficient evidence of a violation-type condition resulting in a serious injury. Employee #1 was hospitalized with a fractured foot.
Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
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1 | 316348036 | Hospitalized injury | Fracture | Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators |