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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2018032395 · 3/10/2018 · Capstone Logistics, LLC

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway
Source
Pallet jack-powered
Secondary source
Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Employer

Name
Capstone Logistics, LLC
Location
2500 Westcourt Rd., DENTON, TEXAS, 76207
NAICS
493110
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was operating an electric pallet jack. A different employee had backed his lift out of a trailer and left the forks slightly raised. The employee on the electric pallet jack ran into the raised forks, striking his right leg and catching it between his pallet jack and the raised forklift forks. He suffered a compound fracture to his right leg.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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