Fractures

Name: Fractures at Silgan Dispensing Grandview
Start: 12/29/2022

1 hospitalization · 20221211258 · 12/29/2022 · Silgan Dispensing Grandview

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source: Pallet jack-powered
Secondary source: Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Silgan Dispensing Grandview
Location: 11901 Grandview Road, GRANDVIEW, MISSOURI, 64030
NAICS: 326199
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee had been moving a tote using a pallet jack. An automatic guided vehicle (AGV) picked up a tote and was transporting it to another location when it struck the pallet jack, pushing the pallet jack into the employee who was then caught between the pallet jack and a column. The employee sustained a laceration and fracture of the left leg that required surgery.

Source

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