Cuts, lacerations

Name: Cuts, lacerations at Walmart Distribution Center
Start: 5/17/2022

1 hospitalization · 2022054317 · 5/17/2022 · Walmart Distribution Center

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Foot (feet) and ankle(s)
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations

Cause

Event: Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
Source: Pallet jack-powered
Secondary source: Racks-garment and other

Employer

Name: Walmart Distribution Center
Location: 9605 NW H K Dodgen Loop, TEMPLE, TEXAS, 76504
NAICS: 423990
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was in a front-load pallet jack, moving a pallet, when the pallet jack's steering system jerked sharply. The employee was pinned between the pallet jack and a rack of merchandise; the employee's left foot and ankle were lacerated, and the employee was hospitalized.

Source

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