Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments

Name: Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments at Doctor Pepper Snapple Group
Start: 12/14/2020

1 hospitalization · 20201211701 · 12/14/2020 · Doctor Pepper Snapple Group

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Knee(s)
Nature of injury: Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments

Cause

Event: Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
Source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
Secondary source: Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck

Employer

Name: Doctor Pepper Snapple Group
Location: 2400 Holly Hall Street, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77054
NAICS: 312111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee had parked his electric forklift next to a parked semi-trailer and dismounted the forklift to count stock. He returned to the forklift and as he was climbing up the forklift the accelerator was depressed and his legs were caught between the side of the trailer and the forklift. The employee was hospitalized with a laceration to the right calf and torn ligaments and a laceration to the left knee.

Source

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