OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221419377

KUEHNE + NAGEL INC.

ALBURTIS, PA· 2021-12-11T00:00:00

Event: Aisle, Caught Between, Driving, Equipment Operator, Fracture, Industrial Truck, Inexperience, Leg, Material Handling, Motor Vehicle, Pinned, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Struck By, Training
NAICS: 424990
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345686729
Employer profile: KUEHNE + NAGEL INC.
Summary number: 221419377
Report ID: 0317900

Event description

Employee fractures leg when pinned between two PITs

Investigation abstract

At 10:20 a.m. on December 11, 2021, an employee was operating a powered industrial truck (PIT) through a main travel aisle. The employee attempted to steer away from oncoming PIT traffic; however, he inadvertently steered toward a coworker's PIT instead. The employee attempted to exit the PIT but caught his left leg between his PIT and the coworker's PIT instead. The employee fractured his leg and required hospitalization.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 31 M

Event type
1

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