Fractures

Name: Fractures at Ryder Dedicated Logistics
Start: 7/26/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019077648 · 7/26/2019 · Ryder Dedicated Logistics

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source: Boxes, crates, cartons
Secondary source: Plastic wrap

Employer

Name: Ryder Dedicated Logistics
Location: 3960 W. 12th Avenue, HIALEAH, FLORIDA, 33012
NAICS: 484220
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was in a trailer moving a pallet of merchandise with a pallet jack when the shrink wrap around the boxes of merchandise came loose. The boxes then fell and struck the employee, causing him to fall from the back of the trailer to the ground. He broke his wrist.

Source

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