Crushing injuries

Name: Crushing injuries at THE HOME DEPOT, INC.
Start: 6/16/2020

1 hospitalization · 2020065596 · 6/16/2020 · THE HOME DEPOT, INC.

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: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
Secondary source: Building materials-solid elements, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: THE HOME DEPOT, INC.
Location: 155 ALCOVY INDUSTRIAL ROAD, DACULA, GEORGIA, 30019
NAICS: 493110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a standup counter-balanced forklift and was traveling toward a unit of plank siding with the forks trailing. He tried to stop the lift using the dead man pedal. His right foot was crushed between the lift and the plank siding.

Source

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