OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221426653

YRC FREIGHT

IRVING, TX· 2021-07-03T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broken Bone, Delivery Work, Driver, Driving, Foot, Fracture, Freight, Industrial Truck, Leg, Multi-employer Worksite, Multiemployer, PIV, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Semi Tractor Trailer, Struck By, Tractor Trailer, Tractor--Truck, Trailer, Trailer Truck, Truck Driver, Unloading, Unsafe Position
NAICS: 484110
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345715171
Employer profile: YRC FREIGHT
Summary number: 221426653
Report ID: 0626300

Event description

Employee observing unloading breaks leg when struck by PIV

Investigation abstract

At 10:00 a.m. on July 3, 2021, an employee working as a truck driver for a trucking company had just made a delivery to a location. The employee and was observing cargo being unloaded from the back of his semi truck. Employee was struck by a powered industrial truck (PIV) that a coworker was using to unload the cargo. The employee was hospitalized to treat broken bones in his lower leg.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 28 M

Event type
1

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