OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221394406

KROGER GREAT LAKES REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION CENTER

DELAWARE, OH· 2021-09-14T00:00:00

Event: Ankle, Caught Between, Distribution Center, Driving, Food Handling, Fracture, Industrial Truck, Inexperience, Leg, Lost Control, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, PIV, Pallet, Pallet Jack, Pinned, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Training, Warehouse, Warehouse Aisle
NAICS: 424410
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345544043
Employer profile: KROGER GREAT LAKES REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION CENTER
Summary number: 221394406
Report ID: 0522500

Event description

Employee fractures leg when caught between PIV and pallet du

Investigation abstract

At 2:15 p.m. on September 14, 2021, an employee working for a grocery chain distribution center was training on a powered industrial vehicle (PIV). The employee was operating a Crown Model PE 4500-80 Powered Pallet Jack (Serial Number 10200086). The employee was practicing driving the PIV up and down the aisles. When he attempted to turn from aisle 49 to aisle 50 he lost control of the vehicle. The employee caught his right lower leg between the PIV platform and an empty CHEP pallet sitting on the floor. The employee was hospitalized to treat a fractured leg, requiring surgery.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 26 M

Event type
2

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