Cuts, lacerations

Name: Cuts, lacerations at Amazon.com LLC
Start: 1/12/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018010376 · 1/12/2018 · Amazon.com LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Lower leg(s)
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations

Cause

Event: Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
Source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
Secondary source: Guardrails, road dividers

Employer

Name: Amazon.com LLC
Location: 1750 Bridge Drive, WAUKEGAN, ILLINOIS, 60085
NAICS: 493110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was driving a forklift in reverse when it abruptly accelerated and he lost control. He struck a guardrail/walkway barrier, pinning and lacerating his lower left leg between the guardrail and the forklift. He was hospitalized.

Source

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