OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221390289

WEGMANS FOOD MARKETS, INC.

POTTSVILLE, PA· 2021-08-07T00:00:00

Event: Broken, Broken Bone, Collision, Fracture, Leg, Pallet Jack, Pit, Struck Against, Struck By, Tibia
NAICS: 493110
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345525489
Employer profile: WEGMANS FOOD MARKETS, INC.
Summary number: 221390289
Report ID: 0317700

Event description

Employee fractures tibia in collision with fixed object whil

Investigation abstract

At 10:25 a.m. on August 7, 2021, an employee was operating a Crown PE4500-60 walkie rider double pallet jack. After setting a pallet into the staging lane, she began to exit and inadvertently turned the handlebar and throttle the wrong way. This caused the pallet jack to strike a yellow bollard fence rail between Dock 113 and Dock 114. The impact resulted in a Type I or II open displaced comminuted fracture of the shaft of her right tibia. The employee was hospitalized for treatment.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 53 F

Event type
6

Occupation code
889

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