Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk

Name: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Empire Group of Reading PA, Inc.
Start: 11/28/2023

1 hospitalization · 20231110888 · 11/28/2023 · Empire Group of Reading PA, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple trunk locations
Nature of injury: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk

Cause

Event: Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
Source: Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
Secondary source: Racks-garment and other

Employer

Name: Empire Group of Reading PA, Inc.
Location: 500 S Muddy Creek Rd, DENVER, PENNSYLVANIA, 17517
NAICS: 238910
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Two employees were taking down pallet racks while in an unraised scissor lift. The injured employee was standing behind a cross brace when the scissor lift moved, pinning them against the cross brace. The employee sustained a punctured lung and lacerations to the liver.

Source

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