OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221391824

BUNZL DISTRIBUTION MIDCENTRAL INC.

ROMEOVILLE, IL· 2021-09-10T00:00:00

Event: Abdomen, Chest, Collision, Contusion, Foot, Fracture, Guardrail, Industrial Truck, Lack of Work Procedures, Material Handling, PIV, Pallet, Palletized Cargo, Paper, Person, Pinned, Platform, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Rib, Unsafe Position, Warehouse, Warehouse Aisle
NAICS: 424130
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345532485
Employer profile: BUNZL DISTRIBUTION MIDCENTRAL INC.
Summary number: 221391824
Report ID: 0521700

Event description

Employee sustains chest, foot trauma when pinned by pallet a

Investigation abstract

At 9:30 p.m. on September 10, 2021, an employee working as a stock handler for a foot and ankle and a fractured ribcage, requiring hospitalization. paper products supplier was labeling products in warehouse aisle 31. The employee was positioned between a powered industrial vehicle (PIV) and a pallet of product stacked about 7 feet high. A coworker operating another PIV entered the aisle, pushing three pallets of product, each stacked to a similar height. During travel, the coworker's PIV struck the employee's pallet, causing it to shift and pin the employee. The employee's left foot became trapped between the pallet and the PIV platform, while his abdomen was compressed between the palletized product and the PIV guardrail. The employee sustained trauma to the

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 60 M

Event type
6

Occupation code
883

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