Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries

Name: Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries at Wolter, Inc.
Start: 10/29/2024

1 hospitalization · 20241010039 · 10/29/2024 · Wolter, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s), finger(s) unspecified
Nature of injury: Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries

Cause

Event: Nonroadway noncollision jack-knifed or ran off driving surface
Source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
Secondary source: Other semi, tractor-trailer

Employer

Name: Wolter, Inc.
Location: 960 Industrial Drive, WEST SALEM, WISCONSIN, 54669
NAICS: 423830
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was repositioning a side-loader forklift on a flatbed trailer when the forklift drove off the side of the trailer. The employee's hand was crushed between the roll bar of the forklift and a nearby wall. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

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