Concussions

Name: Concussions at United Natural Foods, Inc.
Start: 6/20/2021

1 hospitalization · 2021065017 · 6/20/2021 · United Natural Foods, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Brain
Nature of injury: Concussions

Cause

Event: Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
Source: Pallet jack-powered
Secondary source: Structural elements, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: United Natural Foods, Inc.
Location: 400 Paintersville Road, NEW STANTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 15672
NAICS: 493120
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was pushing an empty pallet with a pallet jack when the empty pallet got stuck on the pallet jack. The employee tried to get the pallet off the pallet jack while near a post. The pallet jack struck the post and the employee fell off the pallet jack, resulting in a head laceration and possible concussion.

Source

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