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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2016032561 · 3/26/2016 · Swift Transportation

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Arm(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
Source
Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck

Employer

Name
Swift Transportation
Location
Midwest Distribution Center, EDWARDSVILLE, ILLINOIS, 62025
NAICS
484121
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

On 03/26/2016, at 6:00 p.m., an employee exited a semi-truck and trailer and was providing backing directions to a driver who was reversing a second semi-truck and trailer. The driver did not see the stop signal and continued backing the truck into the injured employee's truck and trailer. The employee's right arm was caught between the two trailers. The employee was hospitalized with a broken right arm.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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