XP Power, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Mar 4, 2013: Employee is injured when pinned between forklift and rack

On March 4, 2013, an employee operating a Crown order picker (Model Number 30RCT T-S, Serial Number H-15279-1) picked up, removed and stacked materials on and of f the shelves at the warehouse. At approximately 10:15 a.m., the employee was in the area of shelves 1030C and 1030D as he stopped work momentarily and waited f or coworker driving a forklift to go through the aisle and pass him. He waited f or the forklift to pass through the aisle in order to give him more room. As soo n as the coworker on the forklift passed him, the employee turned his Crown orde r picker to his left and slammed his back on the metal shelf that was approximat ely 57 inches high. The employee was trained on the order picker and regularly o perated the order picker standing up, but did not remember how his body was lean ing at the time. He stated that he turned left on his order picker and thought h e would be able to cut a short turn and avoid the shelves. He stated that he mis calculated the distance as his back slammed on to the metal shelves. He fell on the boxes, which were on the floor area of shelves 1030D, and snaked his way out of the boxed materials and toward the aisle. The order picker was well maintain ed and had enclosed railing on two sides to protect the driver up to approximate ly 39 inches. The employee sustained a serious injury to his kidney and fracture d his back and was hospitalized over 24 hours.