OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221396203

WALMART STORES EAST, LP

CULLMAN, AL· 2021-09-19T00:00:00

Event: Caught Between, Crushed, Department Store, Equipment Operator, Foot, Forklift, Industrial Truck, Knee, Laceration, Leg, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, PIV, Pinned, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Suture, Unsafe Position, Warehouse, Warehouse Aisle
NAICS: 493110
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345551428
Employer profile: WALMART STORES EAST, LP
Summary number: 221396203
Report ID: 0418300

Event description

Employee lacerates leg when pinned by PIV, later requires su

Investigation abstract

At 4:30 p.m. on September 19, 2021, an employee working as a powered industrial vehicle (PIV) for a department store distribution center was driving a Crown PC 4500 Center-Rider Forklift. The employee was approaching the outside of a guarded area of a printer stand in the non-conveyable shrink wrap area. The employee caught his left foot between the PIV and an I-Beam as he was preparing to stop the PIV. The employee received medical treatment for a severe laceration to his left leg below the knee. He required a surgical procedure to suture the leg wound while in the emergency department.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 22 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
859

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