Fractures

Name: Fractures at Port of Wilmington Cold Storage
Start: 5/21/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019055125 · 5/21/2019 · Port of Wilmington Cold Storage

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Foot (feet), unspecified
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
Source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Employer

Name: Port of Wilmington Cold Storage
Location: 1 Shipyard Blvd, WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, 28401
NAICS: 531130
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

An employee was operating a forklift in the warehouse. He turned abruptly to avoid another forklift, got off balance and jumped off the forklift. His left foot was caught between the corner rack guard and the forklift and fractured.

Source

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