PEPSI BOTTLING GROUP INC.

Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified - Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury - MACON, Georgia

HOSPITALIZED, Worker hospitalized after incident at PEPSI BOTTLING GROUP INC. in MACON, Georgia
Employer PEPSI BOTTLING GROUP INC.
Address 4541 HOUSTON AVE.
City, State ZIP MACON, Georgia 31206
Report ID 2015010019
Event Date January 1, 2015
Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
Body Part Leg(s), unspecified
Event Type Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source of Injury Pallet jack-powered
Secondary Source Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 424490
Inspection # 1017194
GPS Coordinates 32.77816, -83.65903

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Incident Narrative

An employee's leg was pinned between a truck and the powered pallet jack being operated. The employee was hospitalized for treatment/surgery at Navicent Health.

Incident Summary

On January 1, 2015, a worker at PEPSI BOTTLING GROUP INC. in MACON, Georgia suffered soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury to the leg(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified, with pallet jack-powered identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

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