Fractures

Name: Fractures at Erie Logistics
Start: 5/4/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018054346 · 5/4/2018 · Erie Logistics

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified
Source: Pallet jack-powered

Employer

Name: Erie Logistics
Location: 5873 Genesee Street, LANCASTER, NEW YORK, 14086
NAICS: 424410
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee walked to the front of his double pallet jack and placed his right hand on the throttle and his left on the body of pallet jack with both feet on the ground. When he turned the throttle, the pallet jack ran into his lower left leg, fracturing it.

Source

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