Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221435605

CARDINAL HEALTHCARE

Event
Arm, Broken Bone, Crushed, Pallet, Storage Rack, Warehouse
NAICS
424210
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#345769111
Employer profile
CARDINAL HEALTHCARE
Summary number
221435605
Report ID
0950644

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

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 41 F

    Event type
    2
    Occupation code
    268

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