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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2018010123 · 1/4/2018 · Metal Container Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Lower leg(s)
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
Source
Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Employer

Name
Metal Container Corporation
Location
1201 Metal Container Ct, WINDSOR, COLORADO, 80550
NAICS
332431
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

The employee had been driving a fork truck to load empty cans (product). The injured employee then left the fork truck as another employee was reversing a fork truck nearby. He was in the other fork truck driver's blind spot, and the fork truck driver pinned him between the two fork trucks. He fractured his lower left and right legs, requiring hospitalization.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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