OSHA Injury Report: Monroe Warehouse

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Moving a forklift from our packing area to the chargers

What happened

The employee was delivering a stand up forklift to the charger. He drove past my office and made a left turn past the wall. When he went to make a right turn to the charger he turned the dial the wrong way and ran into a brick wall. I watched him go past and then heard the crash. My whole office shook I rushed down to see what had happened and found the employee hoping on one foot saying I am sorry. The employee had crushed his foot between the wall and the forklift.

Injury or illness

The employee crushed his foot between the base of the forklift and the wall. He was bleeding heavily and his bone had pushed through the base of his foot and the top was split open with an 8” by 3” gash exposing his facia on the top of his foot.

Object or substance involved

Concrete block wall and forklift

Summary line

impact injury to foot the top was split open with an 8” by 3” gash exposing his facia on the top of his foot. His heel bone was broken and broke the skin on the base of his foot.

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

Source

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