Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at WAL-MART DISTRIBUTION CENTER #DC6019
Start: 4/20/2022

1 hospitalization · 2022043417 · 4/20/2022 · WAL-MART DISTRIBUTION CENTER #DC6019

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
Source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
Secondary source: Skids, pallets

Employer

Name: WAL-MART DISTRIBUTION CENTER #DC6019
Location: 7500 E. CROSSROADS BLVD., LOVELAND, COLORADO, 80538
NAICS: 493110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee had just set a wooden pallet down with a powered industrial truck. The truck was backing up when it struck a stack of wooden pallets. One pallet broke and a piece entered the cab of the industrial truck, striking the worker in the back of the left leg. Wood was embedded in the back of the employee's left leg.

Source

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