Fractures

Name: Fractures at YRC Freight Inc
Start: 6/20/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018066115 · 6/20/2018 · YRC Freight Inc

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Foot (feet), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

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

Employer

Name: YRC Freight Inc
Location: Kim Gould Farm, EGG HARBOR CITY, NEW JERSEY, 08215
NAICS: 484110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was observing a customer unload freight with a forklift when the 2,650-pound freight fell off the forklift forks and struck the employee's right foot, fracturing and crushing the metatarsal. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

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