Fractures

Name: Fractures at DHL Supply Chain
Start: 10/2/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017109442 · 10/2/2017 · DHL Supply Chain

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched between two stationary objects
Source: Pallet jack-powered
Secondary source: Other structures, unspecified

Employer

Name: DHL Supply Chain
Location: 3000 Cantrell Samson Rd., FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76131
NAICS: 493110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a pallet jack with a battery extractor attachment to change out forklift batteries. The employee stepped off the back and was pinned between the pallet jack and a railing, fracturing both legs.

Source

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