Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Name: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc.
Start: 10/31/2022

1 hospitalization · 2022109526 · 10/31/2022 · Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Cause

Event: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source: Skids, pallets
Secondary source: Boxes, crates, cartons

Employer

Name: Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc.
Location: 2929 Stateline Road, SOUTHAVEN, MISSISSIPPI, 38671
NAICS: 424410
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was pulling products from a storage rack when a damaged cardboard box collapsed, causing a pallet full of product to fall approximately 15 feet. The 700-pound pallet struck the left side of the employee's body, resulting in an injury to the left shoulder and hip.

Source

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