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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221374994

QUALITY ALUMINUM ACQUISITIONS

Event
Back, Forklift, Impaled, Pit
NAICS
332322
Inspection type
Referral
Activity number
#345440564
Employer profile
QUALITY ALUMINUM ACQUISITIONS
Summary number
221374994
Report ID
0552652

Event description

Employee is impaled by powered industrial truck fork while p

Investigation abstract

At 8:20 a.m. on July 16, 2021, Employee #1 was picking up a skid from a workstation when a stand-up powered industrial truck operator started to back up. At the same time, a sit-down powered industrial truck operator was attempting to go around the stand-up truck. The interaction caused the employee to be impaled on the upper back of the thigh by a powered industrial truck fork. The employee was hospitalized.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 42 M

    Event type
    1
    Occupation code
    883

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