Crushing injuries

Name: Crushing injuries at Doral Equipment Rental
Start: 6/7/2021

1 hospitalization · 2021064630 · 6/7/2021 · Doral Equipment Rental

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
Source: Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Employer

Name: Doral Equipment Rental
Location: 427 E. Stewart Street, MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, 53207
NAICS: 493110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Employees were unloading a pallet of large forklift forks from a flatbed trailer using another forklift. The pallet cracked as it was picked up, and one of the forks fell to the ground and crushed an employee's foot. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

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