Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221425796

ALBERTSONS LLC

Event
Ankle, Bailer, Distracted, Forklift, Forks, Fracture, Industrial Truck, Material Handling, Obstructed Egress, Pallet, Pallet Jack, Palletized Cargo, Plastic, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Trash Compactor, Tripped, Walking Surface
NAICS
445110
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#345716153
Employer profile
ALBERTSONS LLC
Summary number
221425796
Report ID
0950632

Event description

Employee fractures ankle after tripping over PIT forks

Investigation abstract

At 8:00 a.m. on December 15, 2021, an Employee (a grocery store Service Operations Manager) was working with a coworker shrink wrapping trash piled onto 5 pallets. The employee had stacked the trash from a bailer utilizing a CW pallet jack powered industrial truck (PIT) which she relocated to the open space in the receiving area. The employee backed the PIT up from the stacked pallets and left it with the forks obstructing the path of travel. As she proceeded to secure the trash with the plastic wrap and upon several walk arounds, the employee tripped over the forks. The employee fractured her left ankle requiring medical treatment without hospitalization and modified duties.

Victim

  1. #1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 43 F

    Event type
    4
    Occupation code
    275

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