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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2019099244 · 9/5/2019 · GREAT LAKES COLD STORAGE

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Toes(s), toenail(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations

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
GREAT LAKES COLD STORAGE
Location
6531 COCHRAN RD, SOLON, OHIO, 44139
NAICS
493120
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee driving a pallet jack entered the rail dock through the overhead door from the expansion dock. He began traveling east on the rail dock and the pallet jack ran into a barrier pole that protects a door on the rail dock. His foot was caught between the pallet jack and the barrier pole. He sustained a crushing injury to the left foot resulting in amputations to the tips of two toes. He was wearing safety toe boots at the time.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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