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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221435753

GENERAL PRODUCE CO

Event
Caught Between, Crushed, Pallet, Pinned, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Tibia
NAICS
424480
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#345647457
Employer profile
GENERAL PRODUCE CO
Summary number
221435753
Report ID
0950621

Event description

Employee's leg is crushed by self operated industrial vehicl

Investigation abstract

At approximately 4:30 p.m. on November 5, 2021, an employee returned a pallet rider to remove and replace a battery. The employee got off the pallet rider and tried to move it forward while using it as a walkie and accidentally moved it backward, pinning his leg between the equipment and the warehouse wall. The employee crushed the left tibia and fibula The employee was hospitalized for these injuries.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 19 M

    Event type
    2
    Occupation code
    889

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