Fractures and dislocations

Name: Fractures and dislocations at Frito Lay
Start: 1/29/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019011043 · 1/29/2019 · Frito Lay

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Lumbar region
Nature of injury: Fractures and dislocations

Cause

Event: Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode
Source: Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered

Employer

Name: Frito Lay
Location: Transit Road & NYS Thruway, WILLIAMSVILLE, NEW YORK, 14221
NAICS: 311919
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was moving a converter dolly for a tandem trailer. While pushing the converter dolly, the employee felt a pop in his lower back, followed by severe pain. He was hospitalized with two bulging discs and a fractured vertebra.

Source

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