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Doctor Pepper Snapple Group

Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object — Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments — HOUSTON, TEXAS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Doctor Pepper Snapple Group in HOUSTON, TEXAS
Employer Doctor Pepper Snapple Group Report ID 20201211701
Address 2400 Holly Hall Street City, State ZIP HOUSTON, TEXAS 77054
Event Date December 14, 2020 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments Body Part Knee(s)
Event Type Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object Source of Injury Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
Secondary Source Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
Industry (NAICS) 312111 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 29.68000, -95.39000

Incident Narrative

An employee had parked his electric forklift next to a parked semi-trailer and dismounted the forklift to count stock. He returned to the forklift and as he was climbing up the forklift the accelerator was depressed and his legs were caught between the side of the trailer and the forklift. The employee was hospitalized with a laceration to the right calf and torn ligaments and a laceration to the left knee.

Incident Summary

On December 14, 2020, a worker at Doctor Pepper Snapple Group in HOUSTON, TEXAS suffered major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments to the knee(s). The incident was classified as caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object, with forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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