Amazon Fulfillment Center

Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. — Fractures — MESQUITE, TEXAS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Amazon Fulfillment Center in MESQUITE, TEXAS
Employer Amazon Fulfillment Center Report ID 2018054883
Address 33333 Lyndon B Johnson Freeway City, State ZIP MESQUITE, TEXAS 75149
Event Date May 18, 2018 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures Body Part Foot (feet), unspecified
Event Type Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. Source of Injury Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
Secondary Source Guardrails, road dividers
Industry (NAICS) 493110 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 32.66000, -96.73000

Incident Narrative

An employee was operating a stand-up forklift when his foot slipped. When he tried to correct himself, his hand came off the steering control and the forklift struck a guardrail. He suffered a foot fracture.

Incident Summary

On May 18, 2018, a worker at Amazon Fulfillment Center in MESQUITE, TEXAS suffered fractures to the foot (feet), unspecified. The incident was classified as nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c., with forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

OSHA has recorded 346 severe injury reports involving "Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c." incidents in our database. Browse all Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. injuries.

See all reports for Amazon Fulfillment Center.

Similar Incidents

Other severe injury reports involving Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. events:

Date Employer Location Nature Outcome
Nov 27, 2022 The Home Depot Distribution Center PLANT CITY, FLORIDA Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury Hosp.
Jul 26, 2016 Wheeler Brothers Grain Company, L.L.C. KINGFISHER, OKLAHOMA Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury Hosp.
Feb 25, 2015 MATERIAL RECOVERY & TRANSFER LLC KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury Hosp.
Aug 26, 2016 Alliance Baseball Omaha, LLC PAPILLION, NEBRASKA Multiple intracranial injuries, n.e.c. Hosp.
Oct 25, 2017 American Airlines, Incorporated EAST BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS Fractures Hosp.
Aug 17, 2023 The Hillman Group, Inc. ROME, GEORGIA Fractures Hosp.
Mar 24, 2022 Sysco LINCOLN, NEBRASKA Bruises, contusions Hosp.
May 10, 2017 Black Gold Farms DELHI, LOUISIANA Cuts, lacerations Hosp.