OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221399918
VITAQUEST INTERNATIONAL, LLC
WEST CALDWELL, NJ·
Event description
Employee Incurs Fractures and Contusion to Foot and Ankle In
Investigation abstract
At 10:00 a.m. on October 8, 2021, an employee was operating an electrical pallet jack to move palletized equipment in a warehouse at a machinery and equipment repair and maintenance facility. A coworker in the warehouse was restaging a forklift after changing out batteries near the charging station. The employee was towing a palletized load behind him and did not see the coworker with the forklift in the travel lane and collided with the forks. The employee sustained lacerations and contusions to his left foot and a fractured ankle. The employee was hospitalized for treatment.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 30 M
- Event type
- 1
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