Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221362072

PERIMETER BRANDS LLC

Event
Contusion, Laceration, Leg, Pallet, Pallet Jack, Struck Against, Struck By
NAICS
445299
Inspection type
Referral
Activity number
#345354773
Employer profile
PERIMETER BRANDS LLC
Summary number
221362072
Report ID
0418800

Event description

Employee is struck by pallet jack and suffers leg injury

Investigation abstract

At 6:10 p.m. on June 5, 2021, Employee #1 was attempting to move a pallet using an electric pallet jack. The employee turned in the wrong direction, causing the pallet jack to strike his lower left leg against a nearby pile of wooden pallets. He sustained a contusion and laceration to his leg. The employee was hospitalized for treatment.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 20 M

    Event type
    1
    Occupation code
    688

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