Dislocation of joints

Name: Dislocation of joints at MIDWESTERN PET FOODS, INC.
Start: 4/20/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017043564 · 4/20/2017 · MIDWESTERN PET FOODS, INC.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)
Nature of injury: Dislocation of joints

Cause

Event: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
Source: Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
Secondary source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Employer

Name: MIDWESTERN PET FOODS, INC.
Location: 617 S D Street, MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS, 61462
NAICS: 311111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was guiding a forklift operator through the warehouse with a work platform when the work platform became caught on a pallet of animal food and slid off of the forks of the forklift and on top of the employee. The employee suffered a dislocated left shoulder and possible shoulder fracture.

Source

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