Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202457370 - Employee's Thumb Is Crushed Between Pallet and Pallet Jack

Accident Summary Nr: 202457370 -- Report ID: 0950642 -- Event Date: 01/07/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
313384679	06/21/2011	2015	311615	Randall Foods

Abstract: At approximately 1:05 p.m. on January 7, 2010, Employee #1 was performing a regularly assigned task of unloading his truck with a pallet jack. Employee #1 was trying to move a pallet with his hand when the pallet jack rolled and crushed his hand between the pallet and the pallet jack. Employee #1 suffered a partial amputation to his right thumb. Employee #1 was working alone and no one saw the accident. Employee #1 was transported to Western Hand. The facility involved in the accident is Randal Foods. The injured employee had been working there for 15 years performing duties of a Truck Driver, including Delivering food to distribution warehouses. Randal Foods did not report the accident. The Division was notified of the accident on May 13, 2011, by reviewing their Log 300 and initiated an inspection on June 21, 2011.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, THUMB, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, PALLET, JACK, HAND

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	313384679			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Truck drivers, light

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