OSHA investigators arrived in La Mirada, CA on Thursday, January 4th 2018 and began an accident investigation which had occured previously at Giant Bicycle. A 19 year old Laborer had been injured when the employee fell from moving pallet and injured head
Accident Date2017-10-25
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 5:00 p.m. on October 25, 2017, two employees were wrapping a pallet. Once completed, Employee #2 grabbed a pallet jack to move the pallet and Employee #1 asked if she could have a ride. Employee #2 went to make a turn and clipped a pallet. Employee #1 slid from the pallet jack, fell approximately 3 feet to the warehouse floor, hitting her head, resulting in a head injury with some bleeding.