OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221378599
HEARTHSIDE FOOD SOLUTIONS LLC
GRAND RAPIDS, MI·
Event description
Employee fractures fibula and tibia when struck by forklift
Investigation abstract
At 5:00 a.m. on July 13, 2021, Employee #1 had stepped off a Hilo forklift on a trailer to place a label on a tote in front of the Hilo. The forklift drifted forward due to the trailer's decline, striking the employee and pinning him between the load on the forks and the tote. Emergency services transported the employee to the hospital, where he was admitted and treated for fractures to the fibula and tibia in the lower leg.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 42 M
- Event type
- 1
- Occupation code
- 856
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