Fractures

Name: Fractures at Bayer - U.S. Crop Science Division
Start: 1/13/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019010395 · 1/13/2019 · Bayer - U.S. Crop Science Division

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Lower leg(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: Bayer - U.S. Crop Science Division
Location: 251 Hwy 70 East, AIKEN, TEXAS, 79221
NAICS: 115114
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

The injured employee was spotting for another employee who was backing a conveyor out of a warehouse using a forklift. The injured employee noticed that the forklift was about to hit the overhead door to the warehouse with the conveyor. The injured employee went to lower the conveyor to prevent damage to the overhead door and the conveyor and the forklift struck the employee breaking both legs below the knee.

Source

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