Fractures and dislocations

Name: Fractures and dislocations at LKQ Apex Autoparts Inc.
Start: 10/5/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017109552 · 10/5/2017 · LKQ Apex Autoparts Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple trunk locations
Nature of injury: Fractures and dislocations

Cause

Event: Struck by other falling powered vehicle
Source: Vehicle, unspecified
Secondary source: Bucket, front-end, end, and pay loaders

Employer

Name: LKQ Apex Autoparts Inc.
Location: 900 N. MacArthur Blvd., OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, 73128
NAICS: 423140
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working near a crushing machine. A front-end loader was picking up a vehicle to be crushed when the vehicle fell off the forks. The employee was walking nearby and was struck by the falling vehicle, suffering a dislocated hip, lacerations, and broken ribs. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

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