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Cuts, lacerations

1 hospitalization · 20191212571 · 12/6/2019 · Guardian Environmental Services

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Upper arm(s)
Nature of injury
Cuts, lacerations

Cause

Event
Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
Source
Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
Secondary source
Walls

Employer

Name
Guardian Environmental Services
Location
Carvel State Office Building, WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, 19801
NAICS
562910
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

On December 6, 2019, a truck had been backed into a parking space close to a cinderblock wall, next to a loading dock. One of its loading doors was open. An employee was standing next to the truck, waiting for the driver to pull out to give the door enough clearance from the cinderblock wall to be closed. The door began to swing back toward the cinderblock wall as the driver began to pull out. As the employee tried to keep the door from striking the wall, the employee's upper right forearm got caught between the door and the wall. The employee suffered a laceration of the right upper arm.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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