Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221442031

C & S WHOLESALE GROCERS, INC.

Event
Backing Up, Caught Between, Foot, Fracture, Pallet Jack, Pinned, Storage Rack, Struck By
NAICS
424410
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#345812523
Employer profile
C & S WHOLESALE GROCERS, INC.
Summary number
221442031
Report ID
0950624

Event description

Employee fractures foot when pinned between pallet jack and

Investigation abstract

At 4:40 p.m. on February 20, 2022, an employee was operating an electric pallet jack. The employee completed a visual pre-inspection check of the pallet jack. The employee stopped the unit in aisle 18 and stepped off the pallet jack. When the employee stepped off the pallet jack, it immediately operated in reverse, pinning the employee against the pallet jack and racking. The employee fractured his left foot, requiring hospitalization.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 20 M

    Event type
    1
    Occupation code
    856

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