Family Dollar Stores, Inc.

Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident — Fractures — WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Family Dollar Stores, Inc. in WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS
Employer Family Dollar Stores, Inc. Report ID 2020065315
Address 1800 Family Dollar Parkway City, State ZIP WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS 72301
Event Date June 8, 2020 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures Body Part Toes(s), toenail(s)
Event Type Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident Source of Injury Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
Secondary Source Posts, bollards, moorings
Industry (NAICS) 493110 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 35.17000, -90.21000

Incident Narrative

An employee drove a forklift into the aerosol room with a pallet of product on the forks. She drove down the back driveway to the aisle of racking she needed to turn into. The forklift drove through salt brine that was on the floor and slid into a concrete bollard at the end of that aisle. The employee's left foot got caught between the bollard and the forklift. The employee was hospitalized with four broken toes and a laceration to the left foot.

Incident Summary

On June 8, 2020, a worker at Family Dollar Stores, Inc. in WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS suffered fractures to the toes(s), toenail(s). The incident was classified as part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident, with forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

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