Crushing injuries

Name: Crushing injuries at YRC Freight
Start: 3/23/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016032503 · 3/23/2016 · YRC Freight

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Knee(s) and leg(s)
Nature of injury: Crushing injuries

Cause

Event: Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
Source: Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, unspecified

Employer

Name: YRC Freight
Location: 1275 OH Avenue, COPLEY, OHIO, 44321
NAICS: 484121
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On or about 3/23/2016, an employee was unloading a truck when a coworker operating a PIV backed into him, pinning him between the PIV and another PIV. He suffered a crushing injury to the left knee and leg.

Source

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