Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures

Name: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Costco Wholesale
Start: 4/7/2024

1 hospitalization · 2024043043 · 4/7/2024 · Costco Wholesale

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Head unspecified
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures

Cause

Event: Struck by other falling object n.e.c.
Source: Skids, pallets
Secondary source: Non-riding pallet jack

Employer

Name: Costco Wholesale
Location: 650 Garden Park Boulevard, CHERRY HILL, NEW JERSEY, 08002
NAICS: 452210
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was pushing a stack of pallets on a pallet jack into an empty trailer when the pallets on top of the stack fell off and struck them in the head. They sustained lacerations to the head and a sore neck. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

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