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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 NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
1436480.01510/08/2019493110Interline 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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