OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221435605
CARDINAL HEALTHCARE
ONTARIO, CA·
Event description
Employee breaks arm while driving reach truck
Investigation abstract
The site where the accident occurred is a logistics warehouse. At 8:25 p.m. on January 14, 2022, an employee was being trained for operating a reach truck. The employee was demonstrating that she was able to place pallets onto racks. The employee started to reverse the reach truck to get into better position. When the reach truck did not stop, the employee panicked and exposed her left arm outside the cage. The employee's left arm was crushed, causing a broken ulna and radius. The employee had surgery at Kaiser Ontario and was hospitalized.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 41 F
- Event type
- 2
- Occupation code
- 268
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