Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Name: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Martinez Paving Co., Inc.
Start: 3/15/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018032592 · 3/15/2018 · Martinez Paving Co., Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Lumbar region
Nature of injury: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Cause

Event: Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
Source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
Secondary source: Dirt, earth

Employer

Name: Martinez Paving Co., Inc.
Location: Simon Bolivar Blvd &, LAREDO, TEXAS, 78045
NAICS: 237310
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was preparing a road for asphalt paving when a nearby forklift operator put a forklift in neutral and exited the cabin. The forklift started to move forward and struck the employee, pinning him between it and a pile of soil. He injured his lower back and was hospitalized.

Source

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