The accident investigation below was opened on Tuesday, September 27th 2016 by OSHA representitives in BATON ROUGE, LO after learning of an incident at Lowes Home Center, LLC which had occured on the same day. A employee working as a was injured on the job when the struck by powered vehicle-nontransport, n.e.c.
Accident Date2016-09-27
Accident DegreeInjury
NarrativeAn employee was unloading drywall from a forklift. The weight of the drywall caused the forklift to tilt as the drywall was being moved off the forks. As soon as the drywall was fully removed from the forks, the truck tilted back in place and injured the employee, who suffered major swelling of the neck/spine and required hospitalization.