Cuts, lacerations

Name: Cuts, lacerations at Kohler Co.
Start: 4/18/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017043521 · 4/18/2017 · Kohler Co.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations

Cause

Event: Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
Source: Pallet jack-powered
Secondary source: Racks-garment and other

Employer

Name: Kohler Co.
Location: N7650 Lake Shore Drive, SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN, 53083
NAICS: 335312
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating an electric pallet jack to move a semi-assembled motor mounted on a frame chassis. The employee was walking backwards with the pallet jack in front when his right thumb was caught between the steering control of the pallet jack and the storage rack resulting in blunt force trauma and a deep tissue laceration.

Source

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