Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Associated Wholesale Grocers
Start: 10/15/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015107713 · 10/15/2015 · Associated Wholesale Grocers

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Foot (feet), unspecified
Nature of injury: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Cause

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

Employer

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

Narrative

An employee was working on the dry grocery side of the warehouse. The employee came around the corner while riding a stand up forklift and ran into the forks of another forklift. A fork from the forklift punctured his foot.

Source

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