Fractures

Name: Fractures at Matthews Industries, Inc.
Start: 8/10/2022

1 hospitalization · 2022087079 · 8/10/2022 · Matthews Industries, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

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

Employer

Name: Matthews Industries, Inc.
Location: 23 2nd Street SW, DECATUR, ALABAMA, 35601
NAICS: 332322
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was walking in an aisle. To move out of the way of forklift traffic, the employee stepped between a metal tub and a storage tank. A forklift bumped the tub, which pinched the employee's leg against the tank. The employee suffered lacerations and fractures to the leg.

Source

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