Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Name: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Wayne Farms LLC
Start: 5/6/2021

1 hospitalization · 2021053742 · 5/6/2021 · Wayne Farms LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Nature of injury: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Cause

Event: Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c.
Source: Pallet jack-powered

Employer

Name: Wayne Farms LLC
Location: 1020 County Road 114, JACK, ALABAMA, 36346
NAICS: 311615
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a powered pallet jack and began to walk backward. After several steps, he backed into a support beam for poultry processing equipment. The load then moved forward and the handle of the pallet jack struck the employee's abdomen. The employee's stomach was injured and he required surgery.

Source

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