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Crushing injuries

1 hospitalization · 20221110033 · 11/15/2022 · Dollar General Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Foot (feet), unspecified
Nature of injury
Crushing injuries

Cause

Event
Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
Source
Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, n.e.c

Employer

Name
Dollar General Corporation
Location
30 Martha Drive, BETHEL, PENNSYLVANIA, 19507
NAICS
493110
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee and a trainer were completing a training activity with a trailer and a tractor. The trainee performed a pull test by moving forward to ensure that the trailer was hooked onto the tractor. The trainer was standing at the cab between the trailer and the truck. As the trainee pulled forward to test the brakes, the trailer slid forward into the fifth wheel, crushing the trainer s right foot.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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