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Crushing injuries
1 hospitalization · 2021086614 · 8/6/2021 · Polar Corp.
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 0
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Hand(s), unspecified
- Nature of injury
- Crushing injuries
Cause
- Event
- Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- Source
- Pallet jack-powered
- Secondary source
- Banding, baling, strapping machinery
Employer
- Name
- Polar Corp.
- Location
- 26 Southbridge St, AUBURN, MASSACHUSETTS, 01501
- NAICS
- 312111
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was backing up a motorized pallet jack. The employee's hand was caught and crushed between the jack and a bailer.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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