Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 141137.015 - Employee fractures, lacerates foot in collision with PIV

Accident Summary Nr: 141137.015 -- Report ID: 0418100 -- Event Date: 05/14/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1532968.015	05/24/2021		321911	Masonite Corporation

Abstract: At 8:30 p.m. on May 14, 2021, an employee working for a wood window and door manufacturer was operating a powered industrial vehicle (PIV) while moving doors to a staging area. The employee did not see a parked PIV located behind him. The employee struck the PIV at the forks where were elevated high enough to pierce the sole of his left shoe. The employee was pinned by his leg between the parked PIV forks and his own PIV. The employee was hospitalized to treat a fractured metatarsal and a lacerated foot.

Keywords: Broken Bone, Caught Between, Distracted, Distracted driving, Door, Foot, Forklift, Forks, Fracture, Industrial Truck, Laceration, Leg, Material Handling, Pinned, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Production Line, Puncture, Puncture Wound, Safety Shoe, Struck Against, Walk-Behind Forklift

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1532968.015	41	M	Hospitalized injury

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