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Ruibals Plants of Texas

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury — DALLAS, TEXAS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Ruibals Plants of Texas in DALLAS, TEXAS
Employer Ruibals Plants of Texas Report ID 2015097047
Address 601 S Pearl Expressway City, State ZIP DALLAS, TEXAS 75201
Event Date September 24, 2015 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury Body Part Hand(s), unspecified
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation Source of Injury Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
Industry (NAICS) 111421 Inspection # 1095615
GPS Coordinates 32.77000, -96.79000

Incident Narrative

An employee was unloading trees from a truck while riding on the forks of a forklift. The forklift driver moved the forks, and the employee's left hand got caught in the chains of the fork, requiring hospitalization.

Incident Summary

On September 24, 2015, a worker at Ruibals Plants of Texas in DALLAS, TEXAS suffered soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury to the hand(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation, with forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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