Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221391162

CERTCO, INC.

Event
Collision, Contusion, Forklift, Fracture, Jack, Leg, Pallet Jack
NAICS
424410
Inspection type
Referral
Activity number
#345433585
Employer profile
CERTCO, INC.
Summary number
221391162
Report ID
0523300

Event description

Employee sustains leg fractures after collision with stopped

Investigation abstract

At 9:00 a.m. on July 15, 2021, Employee #1, a Janitor, was operating a stand-up power pallet jack in aisle CB with a load behind him. A coworker, a Forklift Operator, was stopped at a cut-through from aisle CA to CB with forklift forks in the aisle. Employee #1 struck the coworker's stopped forklift, resulting in fractures to Employee 1's right lower leg and contusions to the left leg. The employee was hospitalized.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 47 F

    Event type
    1
    Occupation code
    453

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