Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at LKQ Venice Auto, 3350 South 61st Street, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA 19153
on — Fractures , affecting the Trunk and other lower extremities.
Final narrative
A salvage vehicle was on a front-end loader/forklift with the forks completely down. The operator got out of the loader to retrieve something from the salvage vehicle when the forks on the front-end loader began to lift the vehicle up while he was in it. He went to step out of the vehicle and fell five to six feet to the dirt pad below. The employee sustained fractured hip and pelvic bones.
Hospitalized Trunk and other lower extremities Bucket, front-end, and pay loaders
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