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
Address 1228 West Main Street Suite 106
City, State ZIP HAMILTON, Ohio 45013
Report ID 2018099335
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
GPS Coordinates 39.41000, -84.58000

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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

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