OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221435753
GENERAL PRODUCE CO
SACRAMENTO, CA·
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
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#1 Hospitalized Age 19 M
- Event type
- 2
- Occupation code
- 889
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