Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1539536.015 - Pet Food Experts, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Providence Area Office

Inspection Nr: 1539536.015

Report ID: 0112300

Date Opened: 07/01/2021

Site Address:
Pet Food Experts, Inc.
1 John Dean Memorial Blvd.
Cumberland, RI 02864

Mailing Address:
175 Main Street, Pawtucket, RI 02860

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:

NAICS: 493190/Other Warehousing and Storage

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 07/01/2021

Emphasis: L:Forklift

Case Closed: 01/05/2022

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	1781410	Yes

Case Status: CLOSED

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1					1
Current Violations	1					1
Initial Penalty	$13,653	$0	$0	$0	$0	$13,653
Current Penalty	$9,557	$0	$0	$0	$0	$9,557
FTA Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

Violation Items
#	Citation ID	Citaton Type	Standard Cited	Issuance Date	Abatement Due Date	Current Penalty	Initial Penalty	FTA Penalty	Contest	Latest Event	Note
1.	01001	Serious	19100178 N06	11/16/2021	01/04/2022	$9,557	$13,653	$0		I - Informal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 140537.015

Event: 05/28/2021

Employee fractures hip and thigh between PIV and rack

At 3:14 p.m. on May 28, 2021, an employee working as a sale worker for a pet foods warehouse was picking an order. The employee was operating an electric pallet jack (PIV) in aisle 310 of the warehouse. He began to back up the PIV into bay 58 when he backed into a storage rack. The employee crushed his right side between the rack and the pallet jack. He received medical treatment without hospitalization for a fractured right hip and thigh.

Keywords: Backing Up, Caught Between, Crushed, Driver, Driving, Fracture, Hip, Industrial Truck, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Motor Vehicle, Order-picker , PIV, Pallet Jack, Picking, Picking an order, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Sales, Sales Representative, Storage Rack, Struck Against, Thigh, Warehouse, Warehouse Aisle

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1539536.015	45	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Sales workers, hardware and building supplies

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