Keeprite Refrigeration Inc

Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident - Crushing injuries - LONGVIEW, Texas

HOSPITALIZED, Worker hospitalized after incident at Keeprite Refrigeration Inc in LONGVIEW, Texas
Employer Keeprite Refrigeration Inc
Address Keepright Refrigeration, 1998 FM 2011
City, State ZIP LONGVIEW, Texas 75603
Report ID 2022043432
Event Date April 20, 2022
Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Crushing injuries
Body Part Hand(s), unspecified
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 Trailers
Industry (NAICS) 493120
GPS Coordinates 32.41000, -94.76000

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Incident Narrative

At 11:33 a.m. on April 20, 2022, an employee was using a forklift to load freight onto a trailer, a small 26-foot box with a roll-up door. The door had fallen slightly when the employee was trying to get into the trailer, and he had pushed it up. While he was in the trailer on the forklift, the door lowered again. As the forklift was backing out of the trailer, the employee reached up from the forklift to push up on the door. The forklift moved backward at the same time, rising as it moved onto the ramp. The employee's hand was crushed between the metal frame at the top of the forklift and the metal frame of the trailer.

Incident Summary

On April 20, 2022, a worker at Keeprite Refrigeration Inc in LONGVIEW, Texas suffered crushing injuries to the hand(s), unspecified. 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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