Fractures

Name: Fractures at EAST PENN MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INCORPORATED
Start: 2/18/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017021612 · 2/18/2017 · EAST PENN MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INCORPORATED

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
Source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
Secondary source: Racks-garment and other

Employer

Name: EAST PENN MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INCORPORATED
Location: 8742 Contton Hill Road, ALBURTIS, PENNSYLVANIA, 18011
NAICS: 335911
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a stack truck to move a pallet of materials from the racks. When he backed up the truck to reposition it, his arm became jammed between the truck and a pallet of materials on the racking behind him. His arm broke.

Source

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