Fractures

Name: Fractures at Consolidated Electrical Distributors
Start: 1/5/2023

1 hospitalization · 2023010132 · 1/5/2023 · Consolidated Electrical Distributors

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
Source: Skids, pallets
Secondary source: Pallet jack-powered

Employer

Name: Consolidated Electrical Distributors
Location: 1332 N. 9th St. Ste. 101, STROUDSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 18360
NAICS: 493110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was delivering a pallet of solar panels that was on top of a pallet jack on a lift gate. The pallet weighed more than 1,000 pounds. When the employee jumped off the truck, the pallet tipped over and fell on top of them, resulting in a leg fracture that required hospitalization.

Source

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