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Fractures
1 hospitalization · 2016031987 · 3/6/2016 · IKEA
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 0
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Leg(s), unspecified
- Nature of injury
- Fractures
Cause
- Event
- Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- Source
- Skids, pallets
- Secondary source
- Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
Employer
- Name
- IKEA
- Location
- 6000 Ikea Way,, MERRIAM, KANSAS, 66202
- NAICS
- 423210
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
A forklift driver was re-positioning a pallet when the pallet fell off the forks, striking and breaking a nearby employee's right leg.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown