Fractures

Name: Fractures at Walmart Distribution Center 6080
Start: 12/20/2021

1 hospitalization · 20211210937 · 12/20/2021 · Walmart Distribution Center 6080

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Elbow(s)
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
Source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
Secondary source: Racks-garment and other

Employer

Name: Walmart Distribution Center 6080
Location: 100 Veterans Drive, TOBYHANNA, PENNSYLVANIA, 18466
NAICS: 493110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a high reach forklift. As the employee was backing up the forklift, his elbow struck a bracket on the pallet racking. The employee sustained a fracture to his right elbow and was hospitalized.

Source

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