OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221403116

UPS AIR CARGO

MIAMI, FL· 2021-08-25T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Delivery Work, Driving, Forklift, Industrial Truck, Instantaneous amputation, Leg, Material Handling, Multi-employer Worksite, Multiemployer, Off Loading, PIV, Package Delivery, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Struck By, Traumatic Amputation, Warehouse
NAICS: 492110
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345588099
Employer profile: UPS AIR CARGO
Summary number: 221403116
Report ID: 0418800

Event description

Employee loading cargo amputates leg when struck by vendor P

Investigation abstract

At 8:00 p.m. on August 25, 2021, an employee working for a express delivery service was loading and offloading cargo. The employee was struck by a forklift operated by a coworker that worked for a company vender. The employee was hospitalized to treat an amputated leg.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 40 M

Event type
1

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