Fractures

Name: Fractures at GRADALL INDUSTRIES, INC.
Start: 3/13/2023

1 hospitalization · 2023032275 · 3/13/2023 · GRADALL INDUSTRIES, INC.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Lower leg(s)
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
Source: Building, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Employer

Name: GRADALL INDUSTRIES, INC.
Location: 406 MILL AVENUE SW, NEW PHILADELPHIA, OHIO, 44663
NAICS: 333120
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

The injured employee was assisting in the movement of a modular office unit that was being lifted by another employee using a side loader. The injured employee went to grab a board underneath the pallet and the pallet, load included, fell off the forks of the side loader and pinned the injured employee between his sit-down forklift and the side loader. The injured employee sustained non-displaced fractures to the right tibia and fibula.

Source

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