Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1525979.015 - Sysco Eastern Wi, Llc

Inspection Information - Office: Milwaukee Area Office

Inspection Nr: 1525979.015

Report ID: 0523400

Date Opened: 04/20/2021

Site Address:
Sysco Eastern Wi, Llc
One Sysco Drive
Jackson, WI 53037

Mailing Address:
One Sysco Drive, Jackson, WI 53037

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:

NAICS: 424420/Packaged Frozen Food Merchant Wholesalers

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 04/20/2021

Emphasis: L:Piv

Case Closed: 08/17/2021

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	1757865	Yes

Case Status: CLOSED

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 138183.015

Event: 04/15/2021

Employee's leg and foot are pinned between PIV and guardrail

At 9:45 p.m. on April 15, 2021, an employee was working for a firm that operated worldwide, supplying food and other products to a wide array of restaurants, schools, and other institutions. He was working in the dry warehouse, operating an electric pallet jack, order-picker. As he entered the dry warehouse, he took a turn too wide and at too high speed. He lost control of the pallet jack or order-picker and struck a safety barrier or guardrail. His lower leg and foot became pinned between the safety barrier or guardrail and the order picker. He was taken by ambulance to a hospital. He was hospitalized, and his leg was amputated below the knee.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Emergency Response, Foot, Forklift, Guardrail, Ind Trk Operator, Inexperience, Leg, Manual Mat Handling, Material Handling, Mech Mat Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Order-picker , PIV, Pallet Jack, Pinned, Speeding, Supervision, Surgical Amputation, Training, Warehouse, Warehouse Aisle, Work Rules

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1525979.015	34	M	Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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