OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221386352

ARD LOGISTICS-ALABAMA LLC

VANCE, AL· 2021-08-18T00:00:00

Event: Ankle, Backing Up, Caught Between, Driving, Forklift, Fracture, Industrial Truck, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Motor Vehicle, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Rolling, Stand-Up Forklift, Storage Rack, Unsafe Position, Warehouse
NAICS: 493110
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345502769
Employer profile: ARD LOGISTICS-ALABAMA LLC
Summary number: 221386352
Report ID: 0418300

Event description

Employee fractures ankle when caught between forklift and ra

Investigation abstract

At 12:00 p.m. on August 18, 2021, an employee working for a warehouse facility was operating a stand-up forklift in MBUSA Plant 1. The employee was backing up the forklift while staging bumper racks for production. He got off the forklift as the vehicle rolled to a stop at which time he caught his left ankle in between a rack and the rear of the forklift. The employee was hospitalized to treat a fractured ankle.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 51 M

Event type
2

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