OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221434319

BIMBO BAKERIES USA, INC.

MONTEBELLO, CA· 2022-01-17T00:00:00

Event: Ankle, Caught Between, Crushed, Defect, Defective, Food processing, Foot, Fracture, Industrial Truck, Injury Illness Prevention Program, Inspection, Material Handling, Motor Vehicle, Pallet, Pallet Jack, Palletized Cargo, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Safety Device, Struck Against, Training
NAICS: 311812
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345764468
Employer profile: BIMBO BAKERIES USA, INC.
Summary number: 221434319
Report ID: 0950644

Event description

Employee crushes ankle while moving broken pallet with palle

Investigation abstract

At 10:53 a.m. on January 17, 2022, an employee was using a Crown Industrial Model PW 3000 Pallet Jack moving a load on a broken pallet. The load was holding the pallet jack down so the employee had to use a great deal of force to move the pallet. For reasons not indicated in the narrative, the employee becamed pinned and crushed his left ankle between a metal box and the pallet jack. The employee fractured his ankle requiring medical treatment without hospitalization. It is likely based upon information provided in the narrative that the pallet broke under excessive force and caused the employee to lose control of the pallet jack.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 55 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
687

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