Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221361017

CENTRAL TRANSPORT

Event
Caught Between, Caught By, Caught In, Forearm, Forklift, Fracture, Mast, Pit
NAICS
484121
Inspection type
Referral
Activity number
#345348189
Employer profile
CENTRAL TRANSPORT
Summary number
221361017
Report ID
0522500

Event description

Employee fractures right forearm when caught between forklif

Investigation abstract

At 6:45 a.m. on May 28, 2021, Employee #1 was operating a forklift inside a truck trailer and attempting to scan a product barcode. While doing so, his right forearm was caught between the forklift and the mast when the mast control was actuated after the employee accidentally bumped the control. He sustained a right forearm fracture and was hospitalized for treatment.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 55 M

    Event type
    2
    Occupation code
    805

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