Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221382583

VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA CHATTANOOGA OPERATIONS, LLC

Event
Collision, Contusion, Forklift, Knee, Pit, Toe
NAICS
336111
Inspection type
Complaint
Activity number
#345483861
Employer profile
VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA CHATTANOOGA OPERATIONS, LLC
Summary number
221382583
Report ID
0454713

Event description

Employee incurs contusions to knee and toe in collision with

Investigation abstract

At 2:45 a.m. on August 10, 2021, a forklift driver for Schnellecke Logistics stopped at a designated white line at an intersection within the facility, carrying a GLT container on the forks. As the driver made a left turn, the forklift struck an employee of Volkswagen who was walking toward the intersection. The employee was in an undesignated walking area, and the driver did not see him. The employee sustained contusions to the left knee and left big toe. The employee was treated without hospitalization.

Victim

  1. #1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 27 M

    Event type
    1
    Occupation code
    0

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