Crushing injuries

Name: Crushing injuries at IWCO Direct
Start: 9/9/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019099381 · 9/9/2019 · IWCO Direct

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Foot (feet), unspecified
Nature of injury: Crushing injuries

Cause

Event: Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
Source: Pallet jack-powered
Secondary source: Ramps, loading docks, dock plates

Employer

Name: IWCO Direct
Location: 100 INDUSTRIAL DRIVE, HAMBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 19526
NAICS: 541860
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a pallet jack to unload pallets from a truck. The dock plate rose up about 1 ft. when the employee entered the truck. While backing out, the employee's right foot was crushed between the dock plate and the pallet jack.

Source

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