Fractures

Name: Fractures at Budweiser-Busch Distributing Co., Inc.
Start: 10/10/2019

1 hospitalization · 20191010618 · 10/10/2019 · Budweiser-Busch Distributing Co., Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Struck by shifting load during transport, nonroadway
Source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
Secondary source: Beer and soda kegs

Employer

Name: Budweiser-Busch Distributing Co., Inc.
Location: 1050 East I65 Service Road North, MOBILE, ALABAMA, 36617
NAICS: 424810
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

A forklift operator was moving kegs. The top keg on the forks tipped and fell back toward the operator. The keg crushed the operator's right hand against the top of the rollover protection system, causing fractures to multiple fingers.

Source

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