Lowe's Home Improvement

Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury — LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Lowe's Home Improvement in LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA
Employer Lowe's Home Improvement Report ID 2022043155
Address 3726 Ambassador Caffery City, State ZIP LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA 70503
Event Date April 10, 2022 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury Body Part Leg(s), unspecified
Event Type Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. Source of Injury Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
Secondary Source Posts, bollards, moorings
Industry (NAICS) 444110 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 30.17000, -92.06000

Incident Narrative

A Lowe's employee was driving a forklift behind the building when the forklift struck a yellow safety bollard and tipped over onto its side. The employee was hospitalized with a leg injury.

Incident Summary

On April 10, 2022, a worker at Lowe's Home Improvement in LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA suffered soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury to the leg(s), 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

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