Fractures

Name: Fractures at AMERISOURCEBERGEN
Start: 11/14/2017

1 hospitalization · 20171110931 · 11/14/2017 · AMERISOURCEBERGEN

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
Source: Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, n.e.c

Employer

Name: AMERISOURCEBERGEN
Location: 5100 JANDLE BLVD, BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA, 18017
NAICS: 493110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee and a forklift driver were attempting to unjam a pallet of product that had become wedged under a guardrail. The employee's foot was on top of the pallet when the employee asked the forklift driver to back up. The forklift moved in the wrong direction, and the employee's right leg was trapped between the pallet and the guardrail, breaking the employee's right ankle.

Source

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