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Amazon Fulfillment Center

Nonclassifiable — Fractures — LEWISBERRY, PENNSYLVANIA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Amazon Fulfillment Center in LEWISBERRY, PENNSYLVANIA
Employer Amazon Fulfillment Center Report ID 2018032967
Address 500 McCarthy Drive City, State ZIP LEWISBERRY, PENNSYLVANIA 17339
Event Date March 27, 2018 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures Body Part Lower leg(s)
Event Type Nonclassifiable Source of Injury Nonclassifiable
Industry (NAICS) 493110 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 40.17000, -76.83000

Incident Narrative

An employee was moving product onto a pallet. The employee was moving out of the way of an oncoming powered industrial truck (PIT) when the employee stepped backwards into the pallet on the PIT resulting in a fractured fibula near the ankle.

Incident Summary

On March 27, 2018, a worker at Amazon Fulfillment Center in LEWISBERRY, PENNSYLVANIA suffered fractures to the lower leg(s). The incident was classified as nonclassifiable, with nonclassifiable identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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