OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221395643

MASONRY REINFORCING CORPORATION OF AMERICA

MEMPHIS, TN· 2021-08-30T00:00:00

Event: Ankle, Crane, Crushed, Dislocated, Engineering Controls, Equipment Operator, Foot, Forklift, Fracture, Industrial Truck, Kettle, Knee, Lack of Engineering Controls, Leg, Machine operator, Material Handling, Motor Vehicle, Overhead Crane, PIV, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Run Over, Rupture, Struck By, Tendon, Walking Surface, Zinc Plating
NAICS: 331222
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345525380
Employer profile: MASONRY REINFORCING CORPORATION OF AMERICA
Summary number: 221395643
Report ID: 0454711

Event description

Employee sustains multiple injuries when run over by forklif

Investigation abstract

At 10:15 a.m. on August 30, 2021, an employee was working as a machine operator for a manufacturer of masonry construction products. The employee was operating an overhead crane for the zinc kettle in the hot dip galvanizing department. A coworker was operating a forklift adjacent to the zinc kettle while transporting a rack. The coworker struck the employee who was subsequently caught under the forklift. The employee was hospitalized to treat multiple fractures to his lower left leg requiring surgery, a dislocated and fractured left ankle, ruptured tendons in his right knee, and hairline fractures to right ankle.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 42 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
725

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