Fractures

Name: Fractures at Walmart Stores, Inc
Start: 8/5/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017087468 · 8/5/2017 · Walmart Stores, Inc

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway
Source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
Secondary source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Employer

Name: Walmart Stores, Inc
Location: 1400 Old Chillicothe Rd, WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, OHIO, 43160
NAICS: 493110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was waiting on a forklift for another forklift driver to move out of the picking area so he could pull items for an order. When the forklift driver turned, the pallet it was carrying struck and broke the employee's ankle, requiring hospitalization.

Source

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