OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221380744

KEHE DISTRIBUTORS, LLC

NORTH EAST, MD· 2021-07-05T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broken Bone, Concrete Floor, Equipment Operator, Femur, Floor, Fracture, Freezer, Freezer Compartment, Ice, Leg, Machine operator, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pallet, Pallet Jack, Slip, Slippery Surface, Walking Surface, Warehouse, Work Surface
NAICS: 424490
Inspection type: Complaint
Activity number: #345362636
Employer profile: KEHE DISTRIBUTORS, LLC
Summary number: 221380744
Report ID: 0352470

Event description

Employee breaks femur in slip and fall on ice in freezer

Investigation abstract

At 12:00 p.m. on July 5, 2021, an employee working for a grocery products wholesaler was operating an electric pallet jack in the freezer unit of the facility. The employee exited the pallet jack in order to access inventory from a pallet. The employee had not noticed a patch of ice on the floor between him and the pallet. The employee continued toward the pallet when he slipped on the ice and fell onto the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized to treat a broken left femur.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 25 M

Event type
14

Occupation code
779

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