OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221374929

PROGRESSIVE PANEL SYSTEMS DBA PROGRESSIVE SYSTEMS INC

ZEELAND, MI· 2021-06-15T00:00:00

Event: Assembling, Assembly Line, Communication, Driver, Equipment Operator, Foot, Industrial Truck, Material Handling, Miscommunication, Motor Vehicle, Nerve damage, PIV, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Run Over, Skin, Struck By, Truss
NAICS: 423830
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345439954
Employer profile: PROGRESSIVE PANEL SYSTEMS DBA PROGRESSIVE SYSTEMS INC
Summary number: 221374929
Report ID: 0552652

Event description

Employee sustains multiple foot injuries when run over by PI

Investigation abstract

At 11:35 a.m. on June 15, 2021, an employee working as an assembler for an industrial equipment wholesalers was attempting to turn, by hand, aluminum trusses hanging from a boom on a powered industrial truck (PIV). Coworker #1, who was operating the PIV misunderstood what Coworker #2, the spotter, said and moved forward instead of moving the trusses up. The employee's foot was run over but the PIV tire as a result. The employee was hospitalized to treat a separation of the heel from his leg and severed nerves, all within the skin.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 23 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
785

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