Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 109318.015 - Employee's hand is crushed while operating pallet jack

Accident Summary Nr: 109318.015 -- Report ID: 0950644 -- Event Date: 06/24/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1248622.015	07/11/2017		541612	Baron Hr

Abstract: At 6:30 a.m. on June 24, 2017, an employee was unloading a pallet jack from a bobtail truck in the shipping and receiving department. After exiting the bobtail truck with a walkie for an electric pallet jack, the employee inadvertently moved the pallet jack backward instead of forward. The pallet jack collided against the wall of the truck, crushing the employee's left hand between the pallet jack and the wall of the truck. The employee was hospitalized and received treatment for his injury.

Keywords: Crushed, Hand, Jack, Pallet, Truck

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1248622.015	38	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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