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Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

1 hospitalization · 20181010985 · 10/24/2018 · Home Depot #380

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Leg(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Cause

Event
Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle, unspecified
Source
Pallet jack-powered
Secondary source
Entrances and exits, unspecified

Employer

Name
Home Depot #380
Location
6600 Main St., ZACHARY, LOUISIANA, 70791
NAICS
443111
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was moving freight when she tried to move an electric pallet jack out of her way by releasing the lever on the electric pallet jack and allowing it to roll away. She was standing between the pallet jack and the dock door when the pallet jack rolled towards her. She was caught between the pallet jack and the dock door, injuring her right leg.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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