Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202476768 - Employee's toes are crushed by pallet jack

Accident Summary Nr: 202476768 -- Report ID: 0950636 -- Event Date: 06/07/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312663859	06/16/2010	5411	445110	Trader Joe'S

Abstract: At approximately 5:10 am on June 7, 2010, Employee #1, of Trader Joe's, was backing up a pallet jack in order to retrieve a stack of empty pallets to put on the forks of the pallet jack. His toeas on his right foot were crushed. His foot was caught between a pallet jack and a cement block in the parking lot of the store. Employee #1 was hospitalized for about three weeks due to surgery to his foot. While backing up in the parking lot his right foot came in contact with a cement parking stall, size 45" long by 5"height, and he fell after his foot was crushed by the pallet jack.

Keywords: CRUSHED, PALLET, TOE, FOOT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	312663859			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Supervisors, material moving equipment operators

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