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Cuts, lacerations

1 hospitalization · 20201211961 · 12/23/2020 · Valley International Cold Storage, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Cuts, lacerations

Cause

Event
Nonroadway collision with other vehicle, unspecified
Source
Pallet jack-powered
Secondary source
Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Employer

Name
Valley International Cold Storage, LLC
Location
200 North FM 509, HARLINGEN, TEXAS, 78550
NAICS
493120
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee on a pallet jack and an employee on a forklift collided at the entrance to a freezer. When the collision occurred, the pallet jack handle broke, causing the employee on the pallet jack to fall forward, where their pinky finger was caught between the forklift grate and the pallet jack handle. The employee suffered a laceration to their pinky finger.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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