Skull fracture and intracranial injury

Name: Skull fracture and intracranial injury at Sports South LLC
Start: 10/1/2020

1 hospitalization · 2020109329 · 10/1/2020 · Sports South LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Brain
Nature of injury: Skull fracture and intracranial injury

Cause

Event: Nonroadway incident involving motorized land vehicle, n.e.c.
Source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
Secondary source: Skids, pallets

Employer

Name: Sports South LLC
Location: 101 Robert G. Harris Dr, SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA, 71115
NAICS: 423910
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On October 1, 2020, around 6:30 PM, the injured employee was operating an order picker to fill orders. Another employee struck a pallet, which was then pushed into the injured employee's order picker, causing the injured employee to lose balance and fall approximately 15 feet to the ground. The injured employee sustained a brain bleed and fractures to the skull, ribs, arm, and shoulder. Fall protection was not worn at the time.

Source

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