OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221428816
MEIJER DISTRIBUTION #86
LANSING, MI·
Event description
Employee fractures leg using PIT
Investigation abstract
At 8:25 a.m. on January 6, 2022, an employee was starting her shift and order selecting in Aisle 28 of Distribution Center #86, while using a Crown Model 4500 Front Rider Powered Industrial Truck. The employee reversed the PIT in order to make room for an on-coming order selector, and reversed too quickly, causing her left leg to leave the PIT platform and get caught between the PIT frame and the guardrail system. The employee was hospitalized to treat a fracture to her lower left leg, requiring surgery.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 25 F
- Event type
- 6
- Occupation code
- 883
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