Fractures

Name: Fractures at Republic Refrigeration Incorporated
Start: 5/21/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018054930 · 5/21/2018 · Republic Refrigeration Incorporated

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
Source: Nonclassifiable
Secondary source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Employer

Name: Republic Refrigeration Incorporated
Location: 8001 East 88th Street, HENDERSON, COLORADO, 80640
NAICS: 238220
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Employees were relocating a VFD to its installation location using a rough terrain forklift. The load was not secured at the time and as the forklift changed gears from 2nd to 1st, the load swayed and fell off the forklift, striking the injured employee in the leg. The employee's leg broke above the knee.

Source

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