Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 112286.015 - Employee is struck by falling pallet jack, falls, and incurs

Accident Summary Nr: 112286.015 -- Report ID: 0521400 -- Event Date: 12/26/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1369203.015	01/04/2019		484122	Nestle Usa, Inc.

Abstract: At 6:00 p.m. on December 26, 2018, Employee #1 backed a refrigerated box truck up to the dock at the mobile cross dock station. The employee put the dock plate in position, and was operating the 1,750 pound electric pallet jack on the dock plate in order to retrieve the empty pallets from inside of the delivery truck. As he was unloading the empty pallets, the hinged dock plate slipped between the dock and the back of the truck. Employee #1 fell approximately four feet to the ground and was struck in the face by the electric pallet jack that had also fallen between the dock and truck. He sustained fractured jaws, broken teeth, injured shoulder and hip, and was hospitalized for treatment.

Keywords: Fall, Falling Object, Fracture, Hip, Jaw, Loading Dock, Pallet, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Shoulder, Struck By

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1369203.015	54	M	Hospitalized injury		Truck drivers, heavy

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