Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk

Name: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Wegmans Food Markets, Inc.
Start: 10/9/2021

1 hospitalization · 2021108716 · 10/9/2021 · Wegmans Food Markets, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Nature of injury: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk

Cause

Event: Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified
Source: Pallet jack-powered

Employer

Name: Wegmans Food Markets, Inc.
Location: Wegmans Grocery Warehouse, ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, 14624
NAICS: 445110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was placing cases of products on pallets on a grocery shipping line. While he was between two pallets, adjusting a case on one of them, a pallet jack moved to pick up one of the pallets. The employee was caught between the two pallets and suffered a sprained ankle, two broken ribs, and a punctured lung. He was hospitalized.

Source

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