Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1576342.015 - Kawasaki Motors Mfg. Corp., Usa

Inspection Information - Office: Omaha Area Office

Inspection Nr: 1576342.015

Report ID: 0728900

Date Opened: 02/02/2022

Site Address:
Kawasaki Motors Mfg. Corp., Usa
6600 Nw 27th Street
Lincoln, NE 68501

Mailing Address:
P O Box 81469, Lincoln, NE 68524

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:

NAICS: 336999/All Other Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 02/02/2022

Emphasis: P:Repvehicle, L:Repvehicle

Case Closed: 04/04/2022

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	1860147	Yes

Case Status: CLOSED

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 143412.015

Event: 01/27/2022

Employee fractures vertebra when struck-by pallet

At 3:00 p.m. on January 27, 2022, an employee was straightening material along a storage rack working towards a coworker who was operating an elevated Order Picker in the middle portion of the rack. The employee worked his way to where he was working directly below the elevated Order Picker. The coworker was unable to see that the employee was directly underneath him because his vision was obstructed by the Order Picker's pallet. The coworker began to lower the Order Picker and the pallet made contact with the employee's back as it was being lowered to the ground. The employee was hospitalized to treat a fractured vertebra.

Keywords: Dropped, Fracture, Obstructed View, Order-picker , Pallet, Palletized Cargo, Picking an order, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Storage Rack, Struck By, Vertebra

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1576342.015	62	M	Hospitalized injury		Stock and inventory clerks

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