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Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures

1 hospitalization · 2024065575 · 6/22/2024 · UPS Expedited Mail Services, Inc

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Ankle(s)
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures

Cause

Event: Collision with stationary object, nonroadway
Source: Pallet jack riding
Secondary source: Scrap metal

Employer

Name: UPS Expedited Mail Services, Inc
Location: 1400 Randolph Ave, AVENEL, NEW JERSEY, 07001
NAICS: 493110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

While an employee was driving an electric pallet jack, the jack hit scrap metal on the floor and it lacerated his Achilles tendon.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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