Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221422298

NEWCO DISTRIBUTORS INC.

Event
Arm, Concrete Floor, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Floor, Fracture, Order-picker
NAICS
424910
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#345460455
Employer profile
NEWCO DISTRIBUTORS INC.
Summary number
221422298
Report ID
0950644

Event description

Employee falls from cherry picker and fractures both arms

Investigation abstract

At 8:20 p.m. on July 27, 2021, Employee #1, an order picker, was pulling orders on a cherry picker positioned two levels high. As the employee stepped onto a pallet, he lost his footing and fell onto the concrete floor. In an attempt to break the fall, the employee used his arms and sustained fractures to both arms. Emergency services transported the employee for medical treatment, and he was hospitalized.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 44 M

    Event type
    5
    Occupation code
    0

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