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Greater Omaha Packing Co., Inc.

Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident — Fractures — OMAHA, NEBRASKA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Greater Omaha Packing Co., Inc. in OMAHA, NEBRASKA
Employer Greater Omaha Packing Co., Inc. Report ID 2019055261
Address 3001 L Street City, State ZIP OMAHA, NEBRASKA 68107
Event Date May 24, 2019 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures Body Part Leg(s), unspecified
Event Type Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident Source of Injury Pallet jack-powered
Secondary Source Structural elements, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 311612 Inspection # 1406359
GPS Coordinates 41.21000, -95.95000

Incident Narrative

An employee was operating a pallet jack and went to turn his pallet jack around when the jack slid on a piece of fat causing it to slide into a pillar that was holding a plastic roll holder. His left leg was caught between the plastic roll holder and the pallet jack resulting in a compound fracture to his leg.

Incident Summary

On May 24, 2019, a worker at Greater Omaha Packing Co., Inc. in OMAHA, NEBRASKA suffered fractures to the leg(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident, with pallet jack-powered identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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