Fractures

Name: Fractures at Alcon Research - Houston
Start: 5/5/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018054385 · 5/5/2018 · Alcon Research - Houston

Severity

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

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: Walls

Employer

Name: Alcon Research - Houston
Location: 9965 Buffalo Speedway, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77054
NAICS: 339112
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was attempting to turn a reach truck left down an aisle but the truck unintentionally turned to the right. The employee was then caught between the truck and the wall, suffering a compound fracture in the left leg with a severe laceration.

Source

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