Fractures

Name: Fractures at DHL Express
Start: 10/24/2020

1 hospitalization · 20201010130 · 10/24/2020 · DHL Express

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Foot (feet), unspecified
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified
Source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Employer

Name: DHL Express
Location: 5815 NW 18th St Building 716, MIAMI, FLORIDA, 33126
NAICS: 481112
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was moving an empty pallet with his foot. A loaded container that was being moved by a forklift struck the empty pallet and the employee's foot was caught between the pallet and a steel frame. The foot sustained fractures that requires surgery and hospitalization.

Source

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