Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170732994 - Employee's hand injured between pallet jack and stairway

Accident Summary Nr: 170732994 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 07/10/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119895845	10/30/1995	2752	0	Riverside County Publishing Co

Abstract: At approximately 11:00 p.m. on July 10, 1996, Employee #1, of Riverside County Publishing Co., was operating a loaded, motorized pallet jack in the bindery department. As he removed the loaded pallet and began a 90 degree turn, he ran into the underside of a steel stairway and his right hand became caught between the pallet jack handle and the stairway. His hand was wedged between the two objects, and he could not release his grip on the handle control. He sustained severe lacerations to the palm side of his right thumb and to his right middle fingertip and was hospitalized.

Keywords: CLEARANCE, STAIR, FINGER, WORK RULES, THUMB, CAUGHT BETWEEN, LACERATION, SHARP TURN, WALK-BEHIND FORKLIFT, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119895845			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Machine feeders and offbearers

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