Fractures

Name: Fractures at Cougle's Recycling, Incorporated
Start: 2/27/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015020842 · 2/27/2015 · Cougle's Recycling, Incorporated

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Ankle(s)
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
Source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Employer

Name: Cougle's Recycling, Incorporated
Location: 1000 South 4th Street, HAMBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 19526
NAICS: 562998
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

The employee was driving the powered industrial truck, stacking product on the top of the third pallet. The employee stacked the pallet and put the forklift in reverse. The employee then placed the forklift in forward, assuming that the forks were still elevated. The forklift fell on its side, causing the employee to break an ankle.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown