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Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

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
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