WALMART DISTIBUTION CENTER

Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident — Amputations — SMYRNA, DELAWARE

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at WALMART DISTIBUTION CENTER in SMYRNA, DELAWARE
Employer WALMART DISTIBUTION CENTER Report ID 2015085963
Address 100 WALTON WAY City, State ZIP SMYRNA, DELAWARE 19977
Event Date August 20, 2015 Outcome Hospitalized, Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Toes(s), toenail(s)
Event Type Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident Source of Injury Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
Secondary Source Girders, beams, structural steel
Industry (NAICS) 452112 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 39.27000, -75.64000

Incident Narrative

An employee was driving a forklift at the Walmart Distribution Center in Smyrna, Delaware. He dismounted the moving forklift, which drove toward a vertical I-beam. His left foot got caught between the I-beam and the forklift and his toes were crushed. All of his left-foot toes were surgically amputated.

Incident Summary

On August 20, 2015, a worker at WALMART DISTIBUTION CENTER in SMYRNA, DELAWARE suffered amputations to the toes(s), toenail(s). The incident was classified as part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident, with forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.

Context

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