Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 138462.015 - Employee driving PIV fractures leg when collides with parke

Accident Summary Nr: 138462.015 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 05/04/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1534214.015	06/03/2021		424410	Costco Depot 960

Abstract: At 12:50 p.m. on May 4, 2021, an employee working as a shipping and receiving clerk for a warehouse distribution center was driving an Electric Pallet Jack (EPJ) powered industrial vehicle (PIV) to move boxes on a pallet. The employee was a full-time, permanent employee of the employer. The employee was driving the PIV near the junction of two drive ways. While making a right turn, she crashed into a parked forklift. The employee was hospitalized for one week to treat a fractured left leg.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Collision, Equipment Operator, Fracture, Industrial Truck, Leg, Material Handling, Moving, Moving Object, Obstructed View, PIV, Pallet, Pallet Jack, Palletized Cargo, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Struck Against, Struck By, Unsafe Position, Warehouse, Warehouse Aisle, Work Surface, Wrong Equipment

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1534214.015	38	F	Hospitalized injury		Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks

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