Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1553017.015 - Walmart Distribution Center

Inspection Information - Office: Kansas City Area Office

Inspection Nr: 1553017.015

Report ID: 0728500

Date Opened: 09/14/2021

Site Address:
Walmart Distribution Center
1309 Hwy 24 East
Moberly, MO 65270

Mailing Address:
1309 Hwy 24 East, Moberly, MO 65270

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:

NAICS: 493120/Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 09/14/2021

Emphasis: L:Repvehicle

Case Closed: 12/29/2021

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	1807526	Yes

Case Status: CLOSED

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 139134.015

Event: 09/04/2021

Employee breaks leg driving PIV, collides with storage racks

At 2:57 a.m. on September 4, 2021, an employee working as a powered industrial vehicle (PIV) operator for a supermarket distribution center had set a pallet on the floor. The employee was maneuvering around another pallet when he tried to stop the stand-up PIV. The PIV didn't stop in time, and he collided with a storage rack. The employee was hospitalized to treat a broken right femur.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Caught Between, Crushed, Distribution Center, Driving, Equipment Operator, Fracture, Industrial Truck, Leg, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Motor Vehicle, PIV, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Stand-Up Forklift, Stand-Up Operator, Storage Rack, Struck Against

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1553017.015	51	M	Hospitalized injury		Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators

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