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Crushing injuries

1 hospitalization · 2022043432 · 4/20/2022 · Keeprite Refrigeration Inc

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
Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
Secondary source
Trailers

Employer

Name
Keeprite Refrigeration Inc
Location
Keepright Refrigeration, LONGVIEW, TEXAS, 75603
NAICS
493120
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

At 11:33 a.m. on April 20, 2022, an employee was using a forklift to load freight onto a trailer, a small 26-foot box with a roll-up door. The door had fallen slightly when the employee was trying to get into the trailer, and he had pushed it up. While he was in the trailer on the forklift, the door lowered again. As the forklift was backing out of the trailer, the employee reached up from the forklift to push up on the door. The forklift moved backward at the same time, rising as it moved onto the ramp. The employee's hand was crushed between the metal frame at the top of the forklift and the metal frame of the trailer.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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