Core-Mark Midcontinent, Inc.

Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway — Fractures — WHITINSVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Core-Mark Midcontinent, Inc. in WHITINSVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS
Employer Core-Mark Midcontinent, Inc. Report ID 20191010818
Address 355 Main Street City, State ZIP WHITINSVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS 01588
Event Date October 16, 2019 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures Body Part Lower leg(s)
Event Type Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway Source of Injury Pallet jack-powered
Secondary Source Pallet jack-powered
Industry (NAICS) 424940 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 42.11000, -71.67000

Incident Narrative

An employee was training a new hire on the milk selection process, which involves the use of a portable (wrist mounted) RF scanner and a powered pallet jack. He was walking backwards behind his jack when the lower part of his left leg was caught between the pallet jack and a stationary jack. The impact fractured his lower left leg requiring hospitalization and surgery.

Incident Summary

On October 16, 2019, a worker at Core-Mark Midcontinent, Inc. in WHITINSVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS suffered fractures to the lower leg(s). The incident was classified as collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway, with pallet jack-powered identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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