Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221408719

ASHLEY FURNITURE INDUSTRIES, LLC.

Event
Aisle, Forklift, Forks, Fracture, Ind Trk Operator, Industrial Truck, Leg, Pallet Jack, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Struck By, Warehouse Aisle
NAICS
337121
Inspection type
Referral
Activity number
#345621940
Employer profile
ASHLEY FURNITURE INDUSTRIES, LLC.
Summary number
221408719
Report ID
0523900

Event description

Employee suffers broken femur when struck by forklift

Investigation abstract

At 6:50 a.m. on November 2, 2021, an employee was working as a freight, stock, employee suffered a broken femur. He was hospitalized. and material handler for a firm that manufactured upholstered furniture. He was operating a Crown electrically powered PE400-60 pallet jack, with serial number 6A240729. It had an internally assigned company number VJ707. He was bringing parts to assembly line 30 in the facility's plant two, case goods assembly. He was being followed by a coworker operating a Hyster electrically powered E60XN-33 forklift, with serial number A268N08696K. They were in an aisle 16.5 feet (5.0 meters) wide. The employee operating the pallet jack made an abrupt U-turn. He was struck by the tines of the forklift operated by the coworker. The

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 35 M

    Event type
    1
    Occupation code
    883

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