Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 120535.015 - Employee amputates toes when run over by pallet jack

Accident Summary Nr: 120535.015 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 09/24/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1436480.015	10/08/2019		493110	Interline Brands, Inc.

Abstract: At 8:40 a.m. on September 24, 2019, an employee working for a general warehousing and storage facility was operating an electric ride-on pallet jack. The employee was parking his pallet jack at the battery charging station station to leave for lunch. As the employee exited the pallet jack it lunged forward crushing his foot. The employee was not wearing protective safety shoes. The employee amputated all the toes on one foot and required hospitalization.

Keywords: Abrasion, Amputated, Amputation, Battery Charger, Contusion, Crushed, Defective Equipment, Foot, Fracture, Insufficient Supervision, Laceration, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, PPE, Pallet Jack, Parking, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Run Over, Safety Shoe, Toe, Warehouse

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1436480.015	24	M	Hospitalized injury		Hand packers and packagers

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