Fractures

Name: Fractures at Amazon Fulfillment Center
Start: 5/18/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018054883 · 5/18/2018 · Amazon Fulfillment Center

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
Source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
Secondary source: Guardrails, road dividers

Employer

Name: Amazon Fulfillment Center
Location: 33333 Lyndon B Johnson Freeway, MESQUITE, TEXAS, 75149
NAICS: 493110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a stand-up forklift when his foot slipped. When he tried to correct himself, his hand came off the steering control and the forklift struck a guardrail. He suffered a foot fracture.

Source

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