Fractures

Name: Fractures at Lineage Logistics, LLC
Start: 6/5/2023

1 hospitalization · 2023064941 · 6/5/2023 · Lineage Logistics, LLC

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: Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
Source: Pallet jack-powered
Secondary source: Racks-garment and other

Employer

Name: Lineage Logistics, LLC
Location: 5050 West Foundation Court, SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57107
NAICS: 493120
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a pallet jack and staging a pallet of product on the floor next to storage racking. The employee backed the pallet jack out of the pallet and was turning around in the aisle when the pallet jack impacted the racking. The first level of the racking was above the operator's compartment of the pallet jack. Upon impact, the employee was pushed forward within the operator's compartment and pinned against the racking. The employee sustained a fractured sternum.

Source

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