Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions

Name: Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions at Market Street Recycling LLC
Start: 5/10/2022

1 hospitalization · 2022054081 · 5/10/2022 · Market Street Recycling LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Head and trunk
Nature of injury: Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions

Cause

Event: Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c.
Source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
Secondary source: Containers-nonpressurized, unspecified

Employer

Name: Market Street Recycling LLC
Location: 8700 Market Street, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77029
NAICS: 331529
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

A forklift operator was picking up a cylindrical container filled with brass shavings and dumping it into a container. The overflow was being swept up by the injured employee and put into a cardboard box. The cylinder rolled off the forklift forks and flipped over onto the injured employee resulting in broken bones in the back and a possible concussion.

Source

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