Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221430366

H&O DISTRIBUTION, INC.

Event
Ankle, Backing Up, Caught Between, Crushed, Driver, Driving, Foot, Fracture, Industrial Truck, Inexperience, Laceration, Material Handling, Motor Vehicle, Pinned, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Struck Against, Unstable Position
NAICS
484110
Inspection type
Referral
Activity number
#345742001
Employer profile
H&O DISTRIBUTION, INC.
Summary number
221430366
Report ID
0522000

Event description

Employee incurs ankle fracture when foot is crushed between

Investigation abstract

At 4:00 p.m. on January 20, 2022, an employee was operating a powered industrial vehicle (PIV) in reverse when he backed into a a paper roll. The employee had his left foot positioned outside the PIV causing him to crush it between the roll and the PIV. The employee fractured and lacerated his ankle and required hospitalization.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 48 M

    Event type
    2

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