Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221441835

DARVIN FURNITURE AND APPLIANCE OF ORLAND PARK, INC.

Event
Back, Concrete, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Forklift, Head, Warehouse, Warehouse Aisle
NAICS
442110
Inspection type
Referral
Activity number
#345810246
Employer profile
DARVIN FURNITURE AND APPLIANCE OF ORLAND PARK, INC.
Summary number
221441835
Report ID
0521700

Event description

Employee sustains head and back injuries after fall from ele

Investigation abstract

At 4:45 p.m. on February 25, 2022, an employee, a forklift operator, was working The employee was hospitalized. in the warehouse, putting away freight. When the employee was not seen for approximately 50 minutes, a supervisor searched on foot for the employee and observed the employee's lift truck in aisle 39. After repeated calls to the employee went unanswered, the supervisor sent a coworker to the aisle with instructions to use a lift truck to see what the employee was doing. When the coworker approached the aisle, the employee was on the ground and had apparently fallen approximately 20 feet to the concrete floor. The employee sustained a head and back injury, and was a transported to a local hospital for treatment.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 34 M

    Event type
    5
    Occupation code
    883

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