Walmart Distribution Center

Struck by object or equipment, unspecified — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury — NEW ALBANY, MISSISSIPPI

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Walmart Distribution Center in NEW ALBANY, MISSISSIPPI
Employer Walmart Distribution Center Report ID 20161111024
Address 973 Highway 30 West City, State ZIP NEW ALBANY, MISSISSIPPI 38652
Event Date November 24, 2016 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury Body Part Wrist(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
Event Type Struck by object or equipment, unspecified Source of Injury Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
Industry (NAICS) 452910 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 34.49000, -89.06000

Incident Narrative

An employee was emptying a hopper at 6:40 AM when the hopper flipped back and hit the employee's wrist and forearm, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

Incident Summary

On November 24, 2016, a worker at Walmart Distribution Center in NEW ALBANY, MISSISSIPPI suffered soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury to the wrist(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.. The incident was classified as struck by object or equipment, unspecified, with tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

OSHA has recorded 686 severe injury reports involving "Struck by object or equipment, unspecified" incidents in our database. Browse all Struck by object or equipment, unspecified injuries.

See all reports for Walmart Distribution Center.

Similar Incidents

Other severe injury reports involving Struck by object or equipment, unspecified events:

Date Employer Location Nature Outcome
Jun 28, 2019 Florida Strut, LLC OCALA, FLORIDA Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk Hosp.
Oct 24, 2019 Ross Electric, Inc. FERNDALE, NEW YORK Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds Hosp.
Jun 19, 2017 Kloeckner Metals MULBERRY, FLORIDA Fractures Hosp.
Dec 14, 2020 Eddie Bauer GROVEPORT, OHIO Cuts, lacerations Hosp.
Aug 22, 2023 Jacob Hart Trucking, LLC XENIA, OHIO Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury Hosp.
Aug 22, 2017 TOYS R US, INC. FLANDERS, NEW JERSEY Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury Hosp.
Jan 31, 2020 Custom Process Equipment, LLC CARENCRO, LOUISIANA Amputations Amp.
Oct 9, 2020 Delta Tree Services, Inc. MENDENHALL, MISSISSIPPI Cuts, lacerations Hosp.