OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221394802

AMERICOLD LOGISTICS, LLC

CREST HILL, IL· 2021-09-19T00:00:00

Event: Caught Between, Crushed, Equipment Operator, Forklift, Fracture, Hip, Industrial Truck, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, PIV, Pelvis, Picking, Picking an order, Pinned, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Stand-Up Forklift, Stocking, Storage Rack, Warehouse, Warehouse Aisle
NAICS: 493120
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345545511
Employer profile: AMERICOLD LOGISTICS, LLC
Summary number: 221394802
Report ID: 0521700

Event description

Employee fractures hip when pinned between racking system an

Investigation abstract

At 4:45 p.m. on September 16, 2021, an employee working as a powered industrial vehicle (PIV) operator for a refrigerated warehouse was operating a Crown Dock Stocker Stand-Up Lift Truck. The employee was using the PIV to pick orders from racking systems inside of the warehouse. The employee contacted a rack and became pinned between the PIV and rack. The employee was hospitalized to treat a fractured pelvis.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 27 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
883

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