Fractures

Name: Fractures at M & M TRANSPORT SERVICES, INC.
Start: 7/12/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017076416 · 7/12/2017 · M & M TRANSPORT SERVICES, INC.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
Source: Boxes, crates, cartons
Secondary source: Vehicle, unspecified

Employer

Name: M & M TRANSPORT SERVICES, INC.
Location: 2815 N Western Ave, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60618
NAICS: 484121
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

The employee was moving a pallet of freight with a pallet jack onto the lift gate. It began raining and the employee slipped and lost control of the pallet jack causing one of the plastic totes on the pallet to come off and strike the employee resulting in rib fractures.

Source

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