OSHA Injury Report: DeKalb - B6

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

On [REDACTED] at [REDACTED] an EE was traveling south along the shipping dock main drive aisle on a tugger. During this their tugger shutdown on them causing it to come to a sudden stop. This sudden stop caused the EE to lose their grip on the tugger handle and due to their momentum they fell forward off the driver 's platform. The EE landed on their feet but felt pain in their leg. The EE was transported to the OHNs office and evaluated. Upon arrival to the scene the tugger was displaying error code E 150. I checked the battery connection to ensure it was fully connected which it was. The EE informed me as I was checking the connection that they had checked it as well during their pre-shift PIV safety inspection. The PIV was removed from service and transported to the maintenance area. Two members of ERT also responded to the scene and assisted the injured EE.

What happened

On [REDACTED] at [REDACTED] an EE was traveling south along the shipping dock main drive aisle on a tugger. During this their tugger shutdown on them causing it to come to a sudden stop. This sudden stop caused the EE to lose their grip on the tugger handle and due to their momentum they fell forward off the driver 's platform. The EE landed on their feet but felt pain in their leg. The EE was transported to the OHNs office and evaluated. Upon arrival to the scene the tugger was displaying error code E 150. I checked the battery connection to ensure it was fully connected which it was. The EE informed me as I was checking the connection that they had checked it as well during their pre-shift PIV safety inspection. The PIV was removed from service and transported to the maintenance area. Two members of ERT also responded to the scene and assisted the injured EE.

Injury or illness

Pain soreness to - Knee{s}

Object or substance involved

EE was operating an end-rider PIV (tugger) when an issue with the equipment caused it to loose power thus ejecting EE from the PIV. They landed on their feet.

Summary line

Pain soreness to Knee{s} from EE was operating an end-rider PIV (tugger) when an issue with the equipment caused it to loose power thus ejecting EE from the PIV. They landed on their feet.

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.