Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221442635

US ELOGISTICS

Event
Fall, Fall From Elevation, Forklift, Fracture, Lost Balance, Platform, Tibia
NAICS
484110
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#345816284
Employer profile
US ELOGISTICS
Summary number
221442635
Report ID
0950644

Event description

Employee fractures tibia after fall from elevation

Investigation abstract

At approximately 3:15 p.m. on February 12, 2022, an employee inspected and evaluated an order picker forklift with a platform stuck at an elevated position. The employee stepped onto the forklift platform to retrieve the error code from the forklift control panel. The platform fell and hit the ground when the employee tried to elevate the platform a bit higher. As the platform fell and hit the ground, lost balance and fractured his right tibia. As the platform fell and hit the ground, the employee lost balance and fractured his right tibia. The employee was hospitalized to treat the injury.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 43 M

    Event type
    5
    Occupation code
    889

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