Fractures

Name: Fractures at Shippers Warehouse of Georgia
Start: 6/4/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018065402 · 6/4/2018 · Shippers Warehouse of Georgia

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Nonroadway collision with other vehicle, unspecified
Source: Pallet jack-powered
Secondary source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Employer

Name: Shippers Warehouse of Georgia
Location: 300 Interstate West Parkway, LITHIA SPRINGS, GEORGIA, 30122
NAICS: 493110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was riding a pallet jack down the right side of an aisle. As he passed another forklift on the left side of the aisle, his lower left leg got caught on the edge of the wooden pallet that was on the forks of the other forklift. The employee sustained a fractured left shin.

Source

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