OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221411374

MASONITE CORPORATION

LAWRENCEVILLE, GA· 2021-05-14T00:00:00

Event: Broken Bone, Caught Between, Distracted, Distracted driving, Door, Foot, Forklift, Forks, Fracture, Industrial Truck, Laceration, Leg, Material Handling, Pinned, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Production Line, Puncture, Puncture Wound, Safety Shoe, Struck Against, Walk-Behind Forklift
NAICS: 321911
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345329684
Employer profile: MASONITE CORPORATION
Summary number: 221411374
Report ID: 0418100

Event description

Employee fractures, lacerates foot in collision with PIV

Investigation abstract

At 8:30 p.m. on May 14, 2021, an employee working for a wood window and door manufacturer was operating a powered industrial vehicle (PIV) while moving doors to a staging area. The employee did not see a parked PIV located behind him. The employee struck the PIV at the forks where were elevated high enough to pierce the sole of his left shoe. The employee was pinned by his leg between the parked PIV forks and his own PIV. The employee was hospitalized to treat a fractured metatarsal and a lacerated foot.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 41 M

Event type
2

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