OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221405905

MEIJER DISTRIBUTION #86

LANSING, MI· 2021-10-19T00:00:00

Event: Distracted, Forklift, Laceration, Leg, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Stand-Up Forklift, Struck Against, Warehouse
NAICS: 445110
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345605372
Employer profile: MEIJER DISTRIBUTION #86
Summary number: 221405905
Report ID: 0552652

Event description

Employee lacerates leg while operating forklift

Investigation abstract

At 9:45 a.m. on October 19, 2021, an employee, a warehouse clerk, was operating a Crown PE-4500 Front Rider powered industrial truck. As she turned her head to look for on-coming traffic, the powered industrial truck veered off course and her leg stuck a pallet located on a nearby rack. The employee severely lacerated her lower calf and leg and was hospitalized.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 21 F

Event type
6

Occupation code
327

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