Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 94443.015 - Employee's leg is impaled and fractured by forks of cherry p
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
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1212984.015 | 02/24/2017 | 493110 | Veritiv Operating Company |
Abstract: At approximately 5:00 p.m. on February 23, 2017, Employee #1 was helping a coworker put away stock. Pallets of corrugated boxes needed to be moved were stacked on top of each other and leaning. Employee #1 used a reach truck to take the top pallets down because the stacks seemed unstable. He took a pallet down and after blowing his horn, backed up with the load. As he was backing up he saw his coworker driving towards him on another reach truck. Employee #1 turned right hard to make avoid an accident then saw a cherry picker that was parked with the forks raised. Employee #1 crashed into the parked cherry picker with one of the forks going through his leg. Employee#1's leg was fractured in two places and he was hospitalized.
Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
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1 | 1212984.015 | 49 | M | Hospitalized injury | Equipment Operator: Heavy |