Fractures

Name: Fractures at Walmart Distribution Center
Start: 9/4/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018099107 · 9/4/2018 · Walmart Distribution Center

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
Source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
Secondary source: Curbs

Employer

Name: Walmart Distribution Center
Location: 390 Highridge Park Rd., POTTSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 17901
NAICS: 493110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

At about 3:40 a.m., on September 4, 2018, an employee was operating a stand-up forklift. The employee's left foot was caught between the forklift and a curb; she suffered a long bone fracture and was hospitalized.

Source

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