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OSHA Injury Report: Potato King Transportation, Inc.

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Potato King Transportation, Inc. in N1078 Justin Rd, La Crosse, WI 54601 resulted in days away from work. Employee was truck Driver in general freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL).

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Potato King Transportation, Inc.
Parent company
Potato King Transportation, Inc.
Street
N1078 Justin Rd
City
La Crosse
State
WI
ZIP
54601
On-site location
customer store- unloading area

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
106

Before the incident

Employee was pulling a manual pallet jack through an unloading area

What happened

Employee was pulling a pallet jack backwards around a tight corner and thought he had more clearance but pallet jack handle made contact with a stationary compact machine smashing thumb between the pallet jack handle and compact machine

Injury or illness

broken thumb on left hand

Object or substance involved

pallet jack handle

Summary line

broken thumb left hand- collision with machinery and pallet jack handle

Employee and industry

Job description
Truck Driver
SOC code
53-3032 — Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
NAICS code
484121 — General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL)
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
99
Total hours worked
205920
EIN
391910014
Establishment ID
212788
Employer case #
2404

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
1:00:00.000
Time of incident
7:00:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
22FEB24:16:31:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.