Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Dollar General Corporation/ Dolgencorp, LLC, 200 Jackson Rd, JACKSON, GEORGIA 30233
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the forearm(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was on a forklift picker while being trained by a co-worker on picking orders. As the employee leaned backward, the driver raised the forklift mast. When the picker went up, it caught her right arm, resulting in a laceration on the forearm that required hospitalization.
HospitalizedForearm(s)Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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