Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk

Name: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Associated Wholesale Grocers
Start: 10/14/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015107662 · 10/14/2015 · Associated Wholesale Grocers

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Nature of injury: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk

Cause

Event: Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
Source: Pallet jack-powered
Secondary source: Racks-garment and other

Employer

Name: Associated Wholesale Grocers
Location: 63331 Old Military Rd., PEARL RIVER, LOUISIANA, 70452
NAICS: 424410
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was selecting cases in the freezer area while driving a long jack. As he stepped off the long jack, he was still holding the accelerator and pinned himself between a rack and the long jack resulting in fractured ribs and a laceration to the lungs.

Source

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