OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221357569

THE GOODYEAR TIRE AND RUBBER COMPANY

LAWTON, OK· 2021-05-13T00:00:00

Event: Arm, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Cart, Fracture, Jammed, Leg, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Malfunction, Mech Malfunction, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Order-picker, Picking an order, Struck By, Stuck, Tire, Unsafe Position
NAICS: 326211
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345321681
Employer profile: THE GOODYEAR TIRE AND RUBBER COMPANY
Summary number: 221357569
Report ID: 0627700

Event description

Employee fractures leg while dislodging stuck cart from mach

Investigation abstract

At 6:30 p.m. on May 13, 2021, an employee working for a tire manufacturer was attempting to dislodge a material truck cart on the automated storage and retrieval system (ASRS machine). The employee dislodged the cart when the pusher arm for the cart struck the employee in the leg. The employee was hospitalized to treat a fractured leg.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 62 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
0

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