OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221362981

SAVE MART SUPERMARKETS, INC.

MERCED, CA· 2021-05-17T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Caught Between, Crushed, Driving, Equipment Operator, Foot, Fracture, Grocery Store, Industrial Truck, Inexperience, Lost Control, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, PIV, Pallet Jack, Pinned, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Speeding, Storage Rack
NAICS: 445110
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345363055
Employer profile: SAVE MART SUPERMARKETS, INC.
Summary number: 221362981
Report ID: 0950624

Event description

Employee fractures foot when pinned between PIV and storage

Investigation abstract

At 8:30 p.m. on May 17, 2021, an employee working as a powered industrial vehicle (PIV) operator for a grocery store was operating a Crown Electric Pallet Jack #60. The employee was driving the pallet jack heading for his break. This was either the third or fourth day of employment for the employee. He was driving fast and unable to stop the PIV before crashing into a rack. The employee stuck right foot out of the vehicle in an attempt to stop the PIV. The employee pinned his foot between the PIV and the rack and was hospitalized to treat a fractured foot.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 18 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
856

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