OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221392145

O'BRIEN STEEL SERVICE CO.

PEORIA, IL· 2021-09-14T00:00:00

Event: Arm, Crushed, Distracted, Distracted driving, Driver, Driving, Equipment Operator, Forklift, Fracture, Industrial Truck, Inexperience, Insufficient Supervision, Material Handling, Metal, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Motor Vehicle, Multiemployer, PIV, Pinch Point, Pinched, Pinned, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Sheared, Steel, Storage Rack, Struck Against, Training, Unsafe Position, Warehouse, Warehouse Aisle
NAICS: 423510
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345534739
Employer profile: O'BRIEN STEEL SERVICE CO.
Summary number: 221392145
Report ID: 0524500

Event description

Employee fractures arm when pinned between shelving and fork

Investigation abstract

At 3:30 p.m. on September 14, 2021, a heavy equipment operator employed by a included fractures to the right radius and ulna, requiring hospitalization. steel supplier was training a coworker on the operation of a Hubtex side-loader forklift. During the training, the operator stood on the step leading into the operator's cab, with their right arm resting against the outside of the forklift, while observing the coworker retrieve a load from a steel racking system. As the coworker drove the forklift out of the aisle, the operator's right elbow struck a steel shelf arm on the racking system, pinning the arm between the forklift and the shelf arm. The operator was transported to a hospital and later transferred to a medical center for treatment. The injuries

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 39 M

Event type
6

Occupation code
7019

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