Stephens Pipe & Steel, LLC

Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object — Fractures — WARRIOR, ALABAMA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Stephens Pipe & Steel, LLC in WARRIOR, ALABAMA
Employer Stephens Pipe & Steel, LLC Report ID 2020054249
Address 2891 State Highway 160 City, State ZIP WARRIOR, ALABAMA 35180
Event Date May 6, 2020 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures Body Part Ankle(s) and leg(s), unspecified
Event Type Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object Source of Injury Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
Secondary Source Trailers
Industry (NAICS) 423510 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 33.87000, -86.78000

Incident Narrative

An employee was backing up from a trailer on his forklift when the pallets fell off the forks. He got off to place the pallets back on the forks. The forklift rolled forward and pinned him between the pallets on the forks and the I-beam under the trailer. He suffered a broken leg and ankle and was hospitalized.

Incident Summary

On May 6, 2020, a worker at Stephens Pipe & Steel, LLC in WARRIOR, ALABAMA suffered fractures to the ankle(s) and leg(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object, with forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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