Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Name: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Tyson Foods Inc.
Start: 6/28/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016065797 · 6/28/2016 · Tyson Foods Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Cause

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

Employer

Name: Tyson Foods Inc.
Location: 3865 Hwy 35 North, CARTHAGE, MISSISSIPPI, 39051
NAICS: 311615
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a pallet jack and was driving through the curtains to the freezer. As he used his right hand to open the curtain, his left hand was caught between the pallet jack handle and a post, smashing his left thumb. He was hospitalized and required thumb surgery.

Source

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