Fractures and surface, flesh wounds

Name: Fractures and surface, flesh wounds at GEO Heat Exchangers, LLC
Start: 3/17/2025

1 hospitalization · 2025032500 · 3/17/2025 · GEO Heat Exchangers, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Trunk and other lower extremities
Nature of injury: Fractures and surface, flesh wounds

Cause

Event: Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
Source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
Secondary source: Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name: GEO Heat Exchangers, LLC
Location: 3650 Cypress Avenue, SAINT GABRIEL, LOUISIANA, 70776
NAICS: 332996
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was assisting a forklift driver by attaching the strap to a metal shell belonging to a heat exchanger. The employee was behind the forklift when it reversed and pinned them between the forklift and the metal shell. The employee suffered a laceration to the right thigh that required stitches, as well as fractures to the lower back.

Source

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