Fractures

Name: Fractures at PORTS AMERICA LOUISIANA, INC.
Start: 7/14/2022

1 hospitalization · 2022076153 · 7/14/2022 · PORTS AMERICA LOUISIANA, INC.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Lumbar region
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source: Bundles, bales

Employer

Name: PORTS AMERICA LOUISIANA, INC.
Location: Nashville Open Wharf, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, 70115
NAICS: 483211
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was unloading 639-pound bundles of plywood from a shipping container using a forklift. The employee aligned the forklift with the right most bundle. He then dismounted the forklift and tilted the braced bundle toward his forklift, easing the bundle down to lay flat. As he turned to get back onto his forklift, the unbraced bundle tipped forward, striking the employee in the lower back and knocking him over. The employee sustained a fracture to the L2 vertebra and was hospitalized.

Source

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