Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk

Name: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at IKEA Distribution Services, Inc.
Start: 9/24/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018037819 · 9/24/2018 · IKEA Distribution Services, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple trunk locations
Nature of injury: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk

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: Shelves, shelving

Employer

Name: IKEA Distribution Services, Inc.
Location: 202 Little Hearst Parkway, PORT WENTWORTH, GEORGIA, 31407
NAICS: 493110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating narrow aisle equipment to place a wooden pallet with plastic-wrapped product in the lower level of an aisle. He was attempting to move the equipment forward when the reverse handle was engaged. The movement caused him to be pinned under the second level cross beams and the narrow aisle equipment, fracturing his right kneecap, bruising ribs, lacerating his spleen, and puncturing a lung.

Source

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