Fractures

Name: Fractures at Berk International, LLC
Start: 7/5/2023

1 hospitalization · 2023075953 · 7/5/2023 · Berk International, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Nonclassifiable
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
Source: Floor, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Berk International, LLC
Location: 400 East 2nd Street, BOYERTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 19512
NAICS: 322291
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was packing and stacking boxes onto a pallet. As the employee walked past the machine, her foot was caught on a guard, causing her to trip and fall to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a bruised hip and leg, as well as a vertebral fracture.

Source

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