Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1238411.015 - Frito-Lay

Inspection Information - Office: Little Rock Area Office

Inspection Nr: 1238411.015

Report ID: 0627100

Date Opened: 06/06/2017

Site Address:
Frito-Lay
2810 Quality Way
Jonesboro, AR 72401

Mailing Address:
2810 Quality Way, Jonesboro, AR 72401

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:

NAICS: 424450/Confectionery Merchant Wholesalers

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 06/13/2017

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 06/13/2017

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	1213743	Yes

Case Status: CLOSED

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 96201.015

Event: 05/11/2017

Employee crushes and amputates leg between forklift and supp

At 4:50 p.m. on May 11, 2017, an employee was operating a Stand-Up forklift to move a pallet of potato chips and turned to look over their load. The employee turned back and realized that they had driven off course and was going to strike a support column. The employee placed their left leg outside of the stand-up forklift and caught it between the forklift and the support column. The employee sustained fractures to the left tibia and fibula and later had their lower left leg amputated.

Keywords: Amputation, Crushing, Fracture, Leg, Material Handling, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Tibia

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1238411.015	31	M	Hospitalized injury		Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators

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