Fractures

Name: Fractures at GMVM Fairfax Assembly
Start: 8/15/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016087641 · 8/15/2016 · GMVM Fairfax Assembly

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Upper and lower limb(s)
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
Source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Employer

Name: GMVM Fairfax Assembly
Location: 3201 Fairfax Trafficway, KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, 66115
NAICS: 336111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was talking to a coworker on the west side of the drive aisle. After finishing the conversation, the employee crossed back over to the east side of the drive aisle and was struck by a fork truck driving forward with a single material container. The employee was knocked to the ground and was struck a second time when the material container slid off the forks. The employee suffered a right thumb fracture, right tibia fracture, and lower leg scratch.

Source

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