Fractures

Name: Fractures at Core-Mark Midcontinent, Inc.
Start: 10/16/2019

1 hospitalization · 20191010818 · 10/16/2019 · Core-Mark Midcontinent, Inc.

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: Pallet jack-powered

Employer

Name: Core-Mark Midcontinent, Inc.
Location: 355 Main Street, WHITINSVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS, 01588
NAICS: 424940
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was training a new hire on the milk selection process, which involves the use of a portable (wrist mounted) RF scanner and a powered pallet jack. He was walking backwards behind his jack when the lower part of his left leg was caught between the pallet jack and a stationary jack. The impact fractured his lower left leg requiring hospitalization and surgery.

Source

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