OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221433089

PINELAND FARMS POTATO COMPANY, INC.

MARS HILL, ME· 2022-01-27T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Brake, Caught Between, Crushed, Forklift, Fracture, Hand Control, Leg, Pallet, Palletized Cargo, Pinned, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Roll, Stack, Stand-Up Forklift, Storage Rack
NAICS: 311991
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345757710
Employer profile: PINELAND FARMS POTATO COMPANY, INC.
Summary number: 221433089
Report ID: 0111100

Event description

Employee fractures leg when pinned by forklift

Investigation abstract

At 5:30 p.m. on January 27, 2022, an employee was stacking pallets on the second shelf of a storage rack system when several boxes fell from the pallet. The employee lowered the pallet to ground to restack it. The employee stepped off the back of the stand-up forklift and forgot to neutralize the controls or set the brake. The forklift rolled backwards and pinned the employee between the lift and the storage rack. The employee was hospitalized to treat a fractured lower leg.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 41 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
883

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