Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages

Name: Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages at Gerber Products Co.
Start: 10/14/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015107683 · 10/14/2015 · Gerber Products Co.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Brain
Nature of injury: Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages

Cause

Event: Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
Source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Employer

Name: Gerber Products Co.
Location: 4301 Harriet Ave, FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS, 72904
NAICS: 311514
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working on the caser line in the packaging area adjusting the caser machine. In the process of moving away from the caser machine, the employee was knocked down by an oncoming forklift delivering a load of materials in the packaging area. The employee hit his head on the concrete floor and was hospitalized for a fractured skull and bleeding in the brain.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown