Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 116833.015 - Employee incurs multiple injuries and stroke when crushed be

Accident Summary Nr: 116833.015 -- Report ID: 0134000 -- Event Date: 04/11/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1394982.015	04/22/2019		424820	Atlantic Importing Company, Inc.

Abstract: At 2:00 p.m. on April 11, 2019, an employee was loading cases of wine into the back of a vehicle. After the employee removed the final box of wine from the motorized pallet jack, a coworker, attempting to bring the jack back into the warehouse, accidentally moved forward instead of reverse. The employee was crushed between the jack and the vehicle. The employee was hospitalized with internal injuries to the spleen, liver, gallbladder, and kidney. The employee also suffered several fractured ribs and a stroke which rendered her left arm and hand immobile. While hospitalized, the employee contracted an infection and pneumonia.

Keywords: Caught Between, Crushed, Fracture, Infection, Infectious Disease, Kidney, Liver, Off Loading, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Rib, Spleen, Stroke, Struck By, Warehouse

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1394982.015	45	F	Hospitalized injury		Sales occupations, other business services

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