Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk

Name: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at UNIVAR
Start: 10/16/2018

1 hospitalization · 20181010651 · 10/16/2018 · UNIVAR

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple trunk locations
Nature of injury: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk

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: Racks-garment and other

Employer

Name: UNIVAR
Location: 233 Hoyt Rd., WAXAHACHIE, TEXAS, 75167
NAICS: 424690
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a standup forklift and was pinned between the steering wheel and rack while going around a corner, suffering three cracked ribs, a punctured lung, and a ruptured spleen.

Source

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