Crushing injuries

Name: Crushing injuries at COSTCO
Start: 7/8/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015074441 · 7/8/2015 · COSTCO

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Foot (feet), unspecified
Nature of injury: Crushing injuries

Cause

Event: Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, unspecified
Source: Pallet jack-powered
Secondary source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Employer

Name: COSTCO
Location: 10 COSTCO DRIVE, MONROE TOWNSHIP, NEW JERSEY, 08831
NAICS: 424490
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating an electric pallet jack carrying three pallets of flour when she lost control of the pallet and ran into another forklift operator. She stuck her left foot out and sustained a crushing injury, requiring hospitalization.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown