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Accident Summary Nr: 142515.015 - Employee fractures thumb when crushed between jack and rack

Accident Summary Nr: 142515.015 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 12/14/2021
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
1570589.01501/06/2022445110Ralphs Grocery Company, Store #705

Abstract: At 11:00 p.m. on December 14, 2021, an employee was operating a large walk-along electric pallet jack in a warehouse when the steering bar came in contact with a vertical member of a metal shelving rack. The employee's thumb was caught between the steering bar and the shelving and was crushed. The employee was hospitalized to treat a fractured and lacerated thumb on his right hand, requiring surgery for the fracture and stitches for the laceration.

Keywords: Caught Between, Collision, Crushed, Fracture, Laceration, Pallet Jack, Storage Rack, Thumb, Walk-Behind Forklift, Warehouse

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation
1 1570589.015 22 M Hospitalized injury Stock and inventory clerks

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