OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221388044

SADDLE CREEK CORPORATION

LAKELAND, FL· 2021-08-30T00:00:00

Event: Ankle, Brake, Defect, Defective, Defective Equipment, Falling Object, Forklift, Fracture, Industrial Truck, Loading, Malfunction, Mech Malfunction, Motor Vehicle, PIV, Palletized Cargo, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Rolled, Struck By, Trailer
NAICS: 541614
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345511000
Employer profile: SADDLE CREEK CORPORATION
Summary number: 221388044
Report ID: 0420600

Event description

Employee fractures ankle when struck by PIV

Investigation abstract

At 6:15 p.m. on August 20, 2021, an employee working for a logistics service was operating powered industrial vehicle (PIV). The employee was loading trailer when an item in a wrapped pallet fell from the pallet. The employee left the PIV to retrieve the item and return it to the pallet. Due to defective parking brake, the PIV rolled forward striking the employee in the ankle. The employee was hospitalized to treat a fractured ankle, requiring surgery.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 30 M

Event type
1

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