Crushing injuries

Name: Crushing injuries at National Gypsum Company
Start: 9/14/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015096698 · 9/14/2015 · National Gypsum Company

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
Source: Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, unspecified
Secondary source: Skids, pallets

Employer

Name: National Gypsum Company
Location: 10 Louisiana St, WESTWEGO, LOUISIANA, 70094
NAICS: 327420
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a pallet lift device in reverse. The employee jammed the left foot between the fork truck housing and the loaded pallet behind.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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