OSHA investigators arrived in Mahwah, NJ on Tuesday, August 15th 2017 and began an accident investigation which had occured previously at Minda Supply Company. A 24 year old Laborer had been injured when the employee injured leg while riding on the back of a forklift
Accident Date2017-07-21
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 12:35 p.m. on July 21, 2017, an employee was working for a firm engaged in manufacturing commercial and service industry machinery. He and a coworker were using a Toyota powered industrial truck to pick hangars. The employee was riding on the back of the forklift. As the forklift was backing up, the employee's leg struck a steel column. The employee sustained a compound fracture to his right tibia and fibula. He was hospitalized for two or more days.