OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221438567
AQM SYSTEMS, LLC
MONTGOMERY, AL·
Event description
Employee lacerates leg when struck by forklift traveling in
Investigation abstract
At approximately 11:51 a.m. on February 9, 2022, an employee was walking across lacerations to the right lower leg from shin to foot, and the employee was hospitalized to treat these injuries. the warehouse floor in a direction that was perpendicular to the travel of Clark Forklift# 513974, being operated by a coworker. A coworker was operating a Clark Forklift# 513974 in reverse and backing out of a docked trailer when the same coworker did not look back to see that the employee was walking behind Clark Forklift# 513974. Subsequently, the employee was struck by the back end of Clark Forklift# 513974, causing the employee to be knocked down to the ground/cement surface and the right lower leg was run over by Clark Forklift# 513974 rear lower chassis and pivoting rear tandem wheel. The employee sustained severe
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 39 F
- Event type
- 1
- Occupation code
- 883
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