OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221391162
CERTCO, INC.
MADISON, WI·
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
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#1 Hospitalized Age 47 F
- Event type
- 1
- Occupation code
- 453
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