Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221430465

KROGER DISTRIBUTION CENTER WAREHOUSE

Event
Ankle, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Caught Between, Collision, Crushed, Driving, Foot, Lost Control, Pallet Jack, Pinned, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Storage Rack
NAICS
424410
Inspection type
Referral
Activity number
#345742613
Employer profile
KROGER DISTRIBUTION CENTER WAREHOUSE
Summary number
221430465
Report ID
0636900

Event description

Employee fractures foot and ankle in pallet jack collision

Investigation abstract

At 10:08 a.m. on January 18, 2022, an employee was driving a motorized pallet jack and was returning to his work area to begin a new order when he lost control of the jack and collided with a stack of product. The employee's foot was pinned between the jack and the stack of product. The employee was hospitalized to treat fractures of his left foot and right ankle.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 34 M

    Event type
    6

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