Fractures

Name: Fractures at Sethness Products Company
Start: 11/6/2018

1 hospitalization · 20181111459 · 11/6/2018 · Sethness Products Company

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
Source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Employer

Name: Sethness Products Company
Location: 3422 W. Touhy Avenue, SKOKIE, ILLINOIS, 60076
NAICS: 493110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

A forklift operator was attempting to make a three-point turn after backing up from an aisle. An employee had their back towards the reversing forklift and was struck. The employee's foot was caught in the forklift's wheel well resulting in a fractured ankle.

Source

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