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Accident Summary Nr: 93486.015 - Employee is pinned under shelving unit while moving pallet i

Accident Summary Nr: 93486.015 -- Report ID: 0352450 -- Event Date: 02/15/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1210871.015	02/15/2017		561910	Laura Giron

Abstract: At 11:30 a.m. on February 15, 2017, and employee was operating a Crown electric standup-/rider pallet truck, Model Number PR3020-60, Serial Number A219967, to move a pallet located in Warehouse Aisle 4/5. The employee backed up too far and contacted the shelving unit Rack 5, Bay 5J1. The employee's body was crushed between the guard of the pallet truck and the steel shelf. The guard of the pallet truck extended vertically 49.25 inches. The horizontal shelf was located 54.25 inches above the floor. The height difference allowed the pallet truck to slide under the shelf, pinning the employee between the pallet truck and the shelf. The employee sustained injuries that included two broken ribs and a lacerated liver and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Crushing, Fracture, Industrial Truck, Liver, Material Handling, Pinned, Rib, Riding on Equipment, Struck By

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1210871.015	32	F	Hospitalized injury		Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators

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