OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221442106

MARELLI NORTH AMERICA, INC.

LEWISBURG, TN· 2022-01-31T00:00:00

Event: Aisle, Amputated, Amputation, Crushed, Driving, Equipment Operator, Fracture, Industrial Truck, Laceration, Leg, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Partial Amputation, Pinned, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Stand-Up Forklift, Struck By, Walking Surface
NAICS: 336390
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345780878
Employer profile: MARELLI NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Summary number: 221442106
Report ID: 0454712

Event description

Employee crushes leg when pinned between PITs, later amputat

Investigation abstract

At 10:30 p.m. on January 31, 2022, an employee had stepped off a stand-up forklift powered industrial truck (PIT) and was trying to locate a bin of parts in a main aisle. A coworker driving a PIT in reverse and carrying 2 bins turned the corner onto the same aisle and did not see the employee. The coworker struck the employee pinning his leg between the 2 PITs. The employee incurred a laceration and compound fracture of his lower left leg (tibia and fibula) requiring hospitalization and resulting in later amputation of the lower leg below the calf.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 57 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
873

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