Fractures

Name: Fractures at US Foods, Inc
Start: 10/26/2022

1 hospitalization · 2022109369 · 10/26/2022 · US Foods, Inc

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Ankle(s) and leg(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
Source: Pallet jack-powered
Secondary source: Skids, pallets

Employer

Name: US Foods, Inc
Location: 300 Berkeley Drive, SWEDESBORO, NEW JERSEY, 08085
NAICS: 424410
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a pallet jack to load pallets into a trailer. The employee stepped off the pallet jack and the vehicle continued to move forward, crushing his leg between the pallet jack and a pallet. He sustained fibula and tibia fractures and two ankle bone fractures.

Source

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