Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident · Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Bottling Group, LLC, 5400 HANLEY ROAD, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI 63134
on — Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c., affecting the ankle(s).
Final narrative
An employee was moving a powered pallet jack when their ankle was pinned between the jack and a racking system resulting in a broken ankle and a ruptured Achilles tendon. The employee was hospitalized.
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An employee was making a right turn on an unloaded powered pallet jack and lost control. The employee jumped off the pallet jack and the pallet jack then pinched his right ankle against a pallet of finished goods, fracturing it.
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An employee was transferring food into a cooler from a rack that was on a pallet jack. The employee was moving the pallet jack so the rack would be closer to the cooler. While getting off the pallet jack, the employee became caught between the pallet jack and the cooler. His right ankle was fractured.
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