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Rent A Center East

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Fractures — HAMILTON, OHIO

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Rent A Center East in HAMILTON, OHIO
Employer Rent A Center East Report ID 2018099335
Address 1228 West Main Street Suite 106 City, State ZIP HAMILTON, OHIO 45013
Event Date September 10, 2018 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures Body Part Wrist(s)
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Elevators, hoists, aerial lifts, personnel platforms-except truck-mounted, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 442110 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 39.41000, -84.58000

Incident Narrative

An employee was standing on a lift gate and engaged the gate's controls. As the lift approached the bed of a box truck, the employee's right wrist was caught between the control box and the lift. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured right wrist and had surgery.

Incident Summary

On September 10, 2018, a worker at Rent A Center East in HAMILTON, OHIO suffered fractures to the wrist(s). The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with elevators, hoists, aerial lifts, personnel platforms-except truck-mounted, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

OSHA has recorded 4,985 severe injury reports involving "Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment" incidents in our database. Browse all Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment injuries.

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