Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1575911.015 - United States Cold Storage

Inspection Information - Office: Fort Worth Area Office

Inspection Nr: 1575911.015

Report ID: 0636900

Date Opened: 02/02/2022

Site Address:
United States Cold Storage
3255 Jim Christal Rd
Denton, TX 76207

Mailing Address:
3255 Jim Christal Rd, Denton, TX 76207

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: 02/02/2022

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 04/25/2022

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	1860461	Yes

Case Status: CLOSED

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1			1		2
Current Violations	1			1		2
Initial Penalty	$10,360	$0	$0	$0	$0	$10,360
Current Penalty	$8,288	$0	$0	$0	$0	$8,288
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 L02 I	03/28/2022		$8,288	$10,360	$0		I - Informal Settlement
2.	02001	Other	19100178 Q07	03/28/2022	04/25/2022	$0	$0	$0		I - Informal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 143330.015

Event: 01/28/2022

Employee injures foot training PIT operator, struck by fork

At 2:15 p.m. on January 28, 2022, an employee was training a coworker on how to operate a powered industrial truck (PIT) when the coworker stopped his PIT while driving down an aisle. The employee failed to signal the coworker to stop sooner and the coworker drove his forks into the operator's compartment of the employee's PIT. One fork struck the employee's right heel, requiring hospitalization for treatment.

Keywords: Driver, Driving, Foot, Forklift, Forks, Industrial Truck, Inexperience, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Motor Vehicle, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Struck By, Training

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1575911.015	25	M	Hospitalized injury

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