HENDERSON, COLORADO—
LKQ Western Truck Parts
Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at LKQ Western Truck Parts, 9090 Brighton Rd., HENDERSON, COLORADO 80640 on — Fractures, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
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Final narrative
An employee was walking down an aisle in a warehouse. At the same time, a coworker was operating a forklift in the opposite aisle. The forklift pushed some items, causing them to fall from a shelf and strike the employee. He was hospitalized with a compound fracture to his right leg, six cracked right-side ribs, a fractured pelvis, and three broken vertebrae.
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