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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 20191011225 · 10/28/2019 · Sam's Club

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Nonclassifiable
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source
Cabinets, cases-display, storage
Secondary source
Skids, pallets

Employer

Name
Sam's Club
Location
755 N Hwy 27/441, LADY LAKE, FLORIDA, 32159
NAICS
453998
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was in a receiving aisle doing merchandising work. At the same time, a forklift two aisles over was moving something when the forklift struck an item. The item fell onto a safe that was double stacked on a pallet. The safe then fell onto the employee. The employee was hospitalized with two fractured vertebrae.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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