Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221460686

VITCO DISTRIBUTORS, INC.

Event
Back, Caught Between, Crushed, Driving, Forklift, Stand-Up Forklift, Struck By
NAICS
424130
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#345707020
Employer profile
VITCO DISTRIBUTORS, INC.
Summary number
221460686
Report ID
0950644

Event description

Employee is caught between two forklifts and injures back

Investigation abstract

At approximately 2:30 p.m. on November 27, 2021, an employee operated a stand-up forklift, driving down an aisle towards a parked stand-up forklift. As the employee stepped off the forklift, the vehicle being operated moved, and the employee was crushed between the two forklifts. The employee was hospitalized to treat injuries to the back.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 19 M

    Event type
    1
    Occupation code
    0

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