Sprains and cuts

Name: Sprains and cuts at Viking Supplynet
Start: 8/25/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017088207 · 8/25/2017 · Viking Supplynet

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Leg(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Sprains and cuts

Cause

Event: Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
Source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
Secondary source: Racks-garment and other

Employer

Name: Viking Supplynet
Location: 1011 N 28th Ave Suite 200, IRVING, TEXAS, 75061
NAICS: 493110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was driving an order picker backwards down an inventory aisle. One of the pallets on his lift became caught on an inventory racking, pushing the pallet into his leg and pinning him against the order picker. He suffered lacerations and a right leg sprain, requiring hospitalization.

Source

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