Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury

Name: Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury at Wal-Mart Distribution Center
Start: 1/2/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019010037 · 1/2/2019 · Wal-Mart Distribution Center

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury

Cause

Event: Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway
Source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
Secondary source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Employer

Name: Wal-Mart Distribution Center
Location: 1309 Highway 24 East, MOBERLY, MISSOURI, 65270
NAICS: 493110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was driving a stand-up powered lift truck down an aisle. He was about to strike a parked powered lift truck when his left hand went outside the cage and struck the second truck. He experienced swelling and pain in his left hand, requiring surgery.

Source

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