Fractures

Name: Fractures at East Penn Manufacturing
Start: 8/9/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019088195 · 8/9/2019 · East Penn Manufacturing

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Foot (feet) and ankle(s)
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
Source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
Secondary source: Skids, pallets

Employer

Name: East Penn Manufacturing
Location: 50 Jefferson Street, TOPTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 19562
NAICS: 335912
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee had been preparing and moving pallets using a powered industrial truck. As the employee stepped off the truck, it crushed the employee's ankle and foot against a pallet, breaking the ankle and foot.

Source

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