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Ohio Pure Foods, Inc.

Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury — AKRON, OHIO

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Ohio Pure Foods, Inc. in AKRON, OHIO
Employer Ohio Pure Foods, Inc. Report ID 2019021995
Address 681 W. WATERLOO ROAD City, State ZIP AKRON, OHIO 44314
Event Date February 22, 2019 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury Body Part Foot (feet), unspecified
Event Type Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway Source of Injury Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
Industry (NAICS) 311999 Inspection # 1381010
GPS Coordinates 41.03000, -81.55000

Incident Narrative

An employee was operating a stand up forklift and attempted to go through an elevated door way. The top mast of the forklift struck the brick wall of the doorway causing the forklift to tip over and land on the employee's foot. The employee was hospitalized for a foot injury requiring surgery.

Incident Summary

On February 22, 2019, a worker at Ohio Pure Foods, Inc. in AKRON, OHIO suffered soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury to the foot (feet), unspecified. The incident was classified as jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway, with forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

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