Tropicana Manufacturing Company, Inc.
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury — BRADENTON, FLORIDA
| Employer | Tropicana Manufacturing Company, Inc. | Report ID | 20231211065 |
| Address | 1228 9th St E | City, State ZIP | BRADENTON, FLORIDA 34208 |
| Event Date | December 4, 2023 | Outcome | Hospitalized |
| Nature of Injury | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Body Part | Ankle(s) |
| Event Type | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Source of Injury | Skids, pallets |
| Secondary Source | Skids, pallets | ||
| Industry (NAICS) | 311411 | Inspection # | — |
| GPS Coordinates | 27.48000, -82.55000 | ||
Incident Narrative
The injured employee entered the first level of gravity-feed racking in a cold room to free a stuck pallet of product. A forklift operator used another pallet to free the stuck pallet from the feed side of the lane. All the other pallets in the lane then moved forward, pinching the injured employee's ankle.
Incident Summary
On December 4, 2023, a worker at Tropicana Manufacturing Company, Inc. in BRADENTON, FLORIDA suffered soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury to the ankle(s). The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with skids, pallets identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.
Context
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