Fractures

Name: Fractures at The Hershey Company
Start: 8/15/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016087643 · 8/15/2016 · The Hershey Company

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Foot (feet), unspecified
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
Source: Pallet jack-powered
Secondary source: Guardrails, road dividers

Employer

Name: The Hershey Company
Location: 6 Scotch Pine Drive, HAZLETON, PENNSYLVANIA, 18202
NAICS: 311330
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using an electric pallet jack and was backing up when his foot contacted a rail. His foot was crushed between the pallet jack and the rail, breaking a bone in his foot and requiring overnight hospitalization.

Source

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