EZ Distributing Installation Inc.

Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle - Fractures - TUSCALOOSA, Alabama

HOSPITALIZED, Worker hospitalized after incident at EZ Distributing Installation Inc. in TUSCALOOSA, Alabama
Employer EZ Distributing Installation Inc.
Address Tultwilder Jobsite, 10th Avenue
City, State ZIP TUSCALOOSA, Alabama 35405
Report ID 2021054261
Event Date May 25, 2021
Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures
Body Part Leg(s), unspecified
Event Type Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
Source of Injury Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
Industry (NAICS) 332323
GPS Coordinates 33.12000, -87.54000

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Incident Narrative

An employee was dismantling a scaffold and was removing a 24-foot deck from the power unit using a forklift. The deck got hung up and then released and swung around pinching the employee's right leg between the deck and the power unit and fracturing it.

Incident Summary

On May 25, 2021, a worker at EZ Distributing Installation Inc. in TUSCALOOSA, Alabama suffered fractures to the leg(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as struck by swinging part of powered vehicle, with forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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