Fractures

Name: Fractures at Walmart Stores, Inc.
Start: 8/15/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018088344 · 8/15/2018 · Walmart Stores, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
Source: Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, n.e.c

Employer

Name: Walmart Stores, Inc.
Location: 4554 Oscar Nelson, Jr Drive, BAYTOWN, TEXAS, 77523
NAICS: 493190
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee had used a yard mule to park a trailer and was pulling away from the trailer when the yard mule's air hose separated and snapped back through the open rear door, striking the employee in the forearm near the wrist. The employee suffered a compound fracture of the right radius and ulna.

Source

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