OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221398753

WEST FRASER, INC.

AUGUSTA, GA· 2021-09-20T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Crushed, Engineering Controls, Foot, Forklift, Industrial Truck, Instantaneous amputation, Lack of Engineering Controls, Manufacturing, Material Handling, Operator, PIV, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Run Over, Sawmill, Struck By, Toe, Traumatic Amputation, Walking Surface
NAICS: 321113
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345563589
Employer profile: WEST FRASER, INC.
Summary number: 221398753
Report ID: 0418100

Event description

Employee amputates four toes when struck by forklift

Investigation abstract

At 10:45 a.m. on September 20, 2021, an employee working as a plant operator for a sawmill was returning a forklift to the shipping area. The employee proceeded to walk from the shipping area to a pedestrian walkway when he was struck by a forklift. The employee was hospitalized to treat four amputated toes on his right foot.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 31 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
699

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