Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202519906 - Employee Fractures Hand While Operating Pallet Jack

Accident Summary Nr: 202519906 -- Report ID: 0950624 -- Event Date: 01/14/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312577091	02/24/2010	7361	561310	Koosharem Corp. Dba Select Staffing

Abstract: On January 14, 2010, Employee #1, a temporary employee, was assigned to work at a distribution warehouse, where he was operating a pallet jack. While Employee #1 drove the pallet jack to pick up some pallets, he had to maneuver around some freight containers. As he maneuvered the jack to avoid the freight containers, he drove too close to the wall of the warehouse and got his right hand caught between the pallet jack steering handle and the steel guard post of the warehouse wall. Employee #1 sustained a fracture to his right hand.

Keywords: FRACTURE, PALLETIZED CARGO, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, STRUCK AGAINST, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, MECH MAT HANDLING, JACK, HAND, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	312577091			Non Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators

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