OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221429400

STG LOGISTICS

NORTH BERGEN, NJ· 2022-01-15T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broken Bone, Contusion, Engineering Controls, Forklift, Fracture, Industrial Truck, Laceration, Lack of Engineering Controls, Leg, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Run Over, Struck By, Training, Walking Surface, Work Surface
NAICS: 484110
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345737803
Employer profile: STG LOGISTICS
Summary number: 221429400
Report ID: 0214200

Event description

Employee breaks leg when struck by unattended PIT

Investigation abstract

At 4:00 a.m. on January 15, 2022, an employee was manually moving merchandise in the warehouse near the loading docks while forklift powered industrial truck (PIT) operations were being conducted. A coworker parked his PIT near the loading dock and left the vehicle running and unattended near the employee. The PIT began to roll backwards and struck the employee in the leg. The employee incurred a broken leg and lacerations and required hospitalization.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 45 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
364

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