Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at US Foods
Start: 6/22/2022

1 hospitalization · 2022065435 · 6/22/2022 · US Foods

Severity

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

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: Skids, pallets

Employer

Name: US Foods
Location: 7004 East Hanna Avenue, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33610
NAICS: 311999
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a stand-up forklift to move pallets in a warehouse. As he was backing up the lift, it made contact with a pallet that had a splintered piece of wood, which punctured his left calf. He was hospitalized.

Source

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