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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2017010020 · 1/3/2017 · Atlas Logistics

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
Source
Pallet jack-powered

Employer

Name
Atlas Logistics
Location
10251 E. 51st Ave. UnitA, DENVER, COLORADO, 80239
NAICS
484110
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was using a powered pallet jack (ride on the back style) to pick up orders. The injured employee was walking in front of the PIT, looking backwards, and ran into a stationary stack of materials. The employee operating the PIT was unable to stop the PIT before it struck the injured employee pinning him between the PIT and the stationary materials and breaking the employee's left leg.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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