Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at US Foods, Inc.
Start: 11/11/2021

1 hospitalization · 2021119781 · 11/11/2021 · US Foods, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Lower leg(s)
Nature of injury: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Cause

Event: Moving in opposite directions, oncoming, nonroadway
Source: Pallet jack-powered
Secondary source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Employer

Name: US Foods, Inc.
Location: 7950 Spencer Road, FAIRBURN, GEORGIA, 30213
NAICS: 722310
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee operating an electric pallet jack went to turn in an aisle at the same time a forklift operator carrying empty pallets was turning into the aisle. The pallet jack and the forklift collided and a piece of wood from the pallets got stuck in the employee's left calf, resulting in hospitalization.

Source

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