Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202489415 - Employee Is Injured When Crushed by Pallet Jack

Accident Summary Nr: 202489415 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 06/21/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
313228439	07/16/2009	4225	493110	Target Corporation

Abstract: On June 21, 2009, Employee #1, a warehouse worker at Target Corporation's Woodland distribution center, drove a motorized pallet jack into the shipping center wing. He stopped behind another motorized pallet jack that had come to a stop. While he dismounted, the other pallet jack began backing. Employee #1 was struck in the arm, and then his right lower leg became crushed between the frame of his pallet jack and a pallet on the backing unit. After Employee #1 called out, the operator of the other pallet jack moved it forward, freeing Employee #1. He was hospitalized at Woodland Memorial Hospital for a fractured right ankle.

Keywords: FRACTURE, WAREHOUSE, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, PALLET, TOE, STORAGE AREA, COMMUNICATION, ANKLE, BACKING UP, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	313228439			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators

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