OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221434277

CAMERON ASHLEY BUILDING PRODUCTS

ALEXANDRIA, LA· 2022-01-29T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Back-Up Alarm, Backing Up, Caught Between, Crushed, Driving, Equipment Operator, Forklift, Industrial Truck, Leg, Loading, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Run Over, Struck By, Trailer Truck, Training, Truck
NAICS: 423330
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345764328
Employer profile: CAMERON ASHLEY BUILDING PRODUCTS
Summary number: 221434277
Report ID: 0625700

Event description

Employee is crushed by PIT loading truck, amputates leg

Investigation abstract

At 1:30 a.m. on January 29, 2022, an employee and a coworker were loading product building material into the back of a truck bed. While the coworker was backing up a forklift powered industrial truck (PIT), he struck the employee and ran over his leg. The employee's leg was amputated, requiring hospitalization.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 76 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
889

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