Fractures

Name: Fractures at Auto Zone Distribution Center
Start: 2/8/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016021206 · 2/8/2016 · Auto Zone Distribution Center

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Pelvis
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
Source: Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, unspecified
Secondary source: Racks-garment and other

Employer

Name: Auto Zone Distribution Center
Location: 402 Stoney Creek Rd., HAZLETON, PENNSYLVANIA, 18202
NAICS: 484230
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On Monday, February 8, 2016, at approximately 12:15 PM, an employee was operating a double rider (powered industrial truck). She pressed the wrong button and moved the truck forward instead of backwards, and she was pinned between the truck and a rack upright. She fractured her pelvis and was hospitalized.

Source

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