Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Genesis Industrial Staffing Inc.
Start: 8/29/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019089006 · 8/29/2019 · Genesis Industrial Staffing Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Lower leg(s)
Nature of injury: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Cause

Event: Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified
Source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Employer

Name: Genesis Industrial Staffing Inc.
Location: Alabama State Dock/Seaonus Cargo and Motion (Patriot Tort, Inc.), MOBILE, ALABAMA, 36602
NAICS: 561320
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

A forklift operator was loading chicken products onto a crane going to a vessel's freezer area when he struck an employee who was on the dry dock. The forklift's fork punctured the injured employee's right calf and pinned the employee between the forklift and a wood pier piling on the dock.

Source

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