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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2017021117 · 2/3/2017 · Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc.

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
Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc.
Location
45 Ashley Way, LEESPORT, PENNSYLVANIA, 19533
NAICS
337121
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was unloading the inside of a truck trailer when a coworker drove a pallet jack into the trailer and struck the employee's leg. The employee suffered a fractured leg, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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