The accident investigation below was opened on Friday, January 12th 2018 by OSHA representitives in Lake Elsinore, CA after learning of an incident at Vantage Auctions, Inc. which had occured on Wednesday, December 20th 2017. A 41 year old had been injured when the
Accident Date2017-12-20
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 12:15 p.m. on December 20, 2017, an employee was assisting a coworker with unloading a truck that was full of granite slabs. As the coworker operated a forklift to transfer the unloaded slabs of granite from the back of the truck to a v-rack, the employee took a break and was sitting on the ground near the rack. When the employee pulled himself up, grabbing a hold of approximately 5 to 6 granite slabs that were on the rack, the rack overturned. The granite slabs and rack fell on the employee, fracturing his right fibula. The employee was taken to a nearby hospital where he was admitted and underwent ACL reconstruction.