Fractures

Name: Fractures at The Hershey Company
Start: 2/3/2023

1 hospitalization · 2023021108 · 2/3/2023 · The Hershey Company

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified
Source: Pallet jack-powered

Employer

Name: The Hershey Company
Location: 400 Running Pump Road, LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, 17601
NAICS: 311999
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning a candy packaging area and went to put the broom back in the storage room. The employee was then struck by a rack that was being moved by a walkie pallet jack, causing her to become caught between the rack and the unloader. The employee sustained two rib fractures.

Source

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