Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221393531

THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY

Event
Ankle, Forklift, Fracture, Glass, Leg, Pit, Struck Against, Struck By
NAICS
325510
Inspection type
Referral
Activity number
#345389381
Employer profile
THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY
Summary number
221393531
Report ID
0418200

Event description

Employee fractures leg when struck by forklift while walking

Investigation abstract

At approximately 5:45 p.m. on June 24, 2021, an employee working as a Manufacturing Filler Operator was exiting a walkway near the shipping office. As the employee approached the front of a gate, a sit-down forklift operated by another employee (a shipper) was backing up through the gate and struck Employee #1. The forklift was not carrying a load at the time. Employee #1 sustained a fractured lower right leg and ankle and was hospitalized for treatment.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 51 M

    Event type
    1

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