Fractures

Name: Fractures at COSTCO
Start: 8/13/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019088346 · 8/13/2019 · COSTCO

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway
Source: Pallet jack-powered
Secondary source: Vehicle, n.e.c

Employer

Name: COSTCO
Location: 10 COSTCO DRIVE, MONROE TOWNSHIP, NEW JERSEY, 08831
NAICS: 424490
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating an electric pallet jack behind a floor scrubber when the scrubber stopped and the employee collided with the scrubber's back bumper bar. The employee sustained a fibular fracture to the lower left leg and was hospitalized.

Source

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