Intracranial injuries with skull fractures

Name: Intracranial injuries with skull fractures at DHL Supply Chain Inc.
Start: 5/15/2024

1 hospitalization · 2024054301 · 5/15/2024 · DHL Supply Chain Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Brain
Nature of injury: Intracranial injuries with skull fractures

Cause

Event: Collision with stationary object, nonroadway
Source: Pallet jack riding
Secondary source: Structural barriers n.e.c.

Employer

Name: DHL Supply Chain Inc.
Location: 350 Salem Church Road, MECHANICSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 17050
NAICS: 493120
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

A sanitation associate was operating an electric front-riding pallet jack. While making a turn, the pallet jack contacted a piece of angle iron that was installed in front of the opportunity chargers in the battery room area. The employee was thrown from the pallet jack and struck the back of their head on the concrete floor. The employee sustained a skull fracture with a brain injury and a back injury and they were hospitalized.

Source

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